Hebrew Interlinear
2 Samuel 5:23 Interlinear
“enquired And when David of the LORD he said Thou shalt not go up but fetch a compass behind them and come upon them over against the mulberry trees”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל | H7592 | enquired | to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand |
| 2 | דָּוִד֙ | H1732 | And when David | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 3 | בַּֽיהוָ֔ה | H3068 | of the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 4 | וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | H559 | he said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 5 | לֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 6 | תַֽעֲלֶ֑ה | H5927 | Thou shalt not go up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 7 | הָסֵב֙ | H5437 | but fetch a compass | to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively |
| 8 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 9 | אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם | H310 | behind | properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) |
| 10 | וּבָ֥אתָ | H935 | them and come | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 11 | לָהֶ֖ם | H0 | ||
| 12 | מִמּ֥וּל | H4136 | upon them over against | properly, abrupt, i.e., a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite |
| 13 | בְּכָאִֽים׃ | H1057 | the mulberry trees | the weeping tree (some gum-distilling tree, perhaps the balsam) |
Verse Context
2 Samuel 5:22yet again And the Philistines came up and spread themselves in the valley...
2 Samuel 5:23 (current)enquired And when David of the LORD he said Thou shalt not go up but fetch a compass behind them and come upon them over against the mulberry trees
2 Samuel 5:24 And let it be when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops...