2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:13

¹³And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?”

“I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And David	דָּוִ֗ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
inquired	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
of	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the young man	הַנַּ֙עַר֙	han·na·‘ar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
who had brought him the report	הַמַּגִּ֣יד	ham·mag·gîḏ	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
Where	אֵ֥י	’ê	Interrogative	H335 where?
are you from	אָ֑תָּה	’āt·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
I am the son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of a foreigner	גֵּ֥ר	gêr	Noun - masculine singular	H1616 sojourner
he answered	וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I am	אָנֹֽכִי׃	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
an Amalekite	עֲמָלֵקִ֖י	‘ă·mā·lê·qî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6003 Amalekite

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.