What Does 2 Samuel 3:34 Mean?

“Thy hands”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“were not bound”

to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle

“nor thy feet”

a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“into fetters”

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

“put”

to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati

“as a man falleth”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“men”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“wicked”

(moral) evil

“as a man falleth”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

“again”

to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“thou And all the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“wept”

to weep; generally to bemoan

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications