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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לH7592enquiredto inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
2דָּוִד֙H1732And when Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
3בַּֽיהוָ֔הH3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
4וַיֹּ֖אמֶרH559he saidto say (used with great latitude)
5לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6תַֽעֲלֶ֑הH5927Thou shalt not go upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
7הָסֵב֙H5437but fetch a compassto revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
8אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
9אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔םH310behindproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
10וּבָ֥אתָH935them and cometo go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
11לָהֶ֖םH0
12מִמּ֥וּלH4136upon them over againstproperly, abrupt, i.e., a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
13בְּכָאִֽים׃H1057the mulberry treesthe 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...

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