Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 9:8 Interlinear

“And he bowed himself and said What is thy servant that thou shouldest look dog upon such a dead ”

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2 Samuel 9 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּשְׁתַּ֕חוּ	H7812	And he bowed	to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
2	וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	H559	himself and said	to say (used with great latitude)
3	מֶ֣ה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
4	עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ	H5650	What is thy servant	a servant
5	כִּ֣י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
6	פָנִ֔יתָ	H6437	that thou shouldest look	to turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc
7	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
8	הַכֶּ֥לֶב	H3611	dog	a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
9	הַמֵּ֖ת	H4191	upon such a dead	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
10	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
11	כָּמֽוֹנִי׃	H3644		as, thus, so

2 Samuel 9:8 (current)And he bowed himself and said What is thy servant that thou shouldest look dog upon such a dead