2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:14–17

¹⁴So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?” ¹⁵Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died. ¹⁶For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

¹⁷Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

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2 Samuel 1:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So David	דָּוִ֑ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
asked	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
him	אֵלָ֖יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
Why	אֵ֚יךְ	’êḵ	Interjection	H349 How?
were you not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
afraid	יָרֵ֔אתָ	yā·rê·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3372 fear
to lift	לִשְׁלֹ֙חַ֙	liš·lō·aḥ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7971 send
your hand	יָֽדְךָ֔	yā·ḏə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3027 hand
to destroy	לְשַׁחֵ֖ת	lə·ša·ḥêṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H7843 go to ruin (?)
the LORD’s	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
anointed	מְשִׁ֥יחַ	mə·šî·aḥ	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H4899 anointed

2 Samuel 1:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then David	דָוִ֗ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
summoned	וַיִּקְרָ֣א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
one	לְאַחַד֙	lə·’a·ḥaḏ	Preposition-l; Number - masculine singular	H259 one
of the young men	מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים	mê·han·nə·‘ā·rîm	Preposition-m, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5288 a shaking, scattering
and said	וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Go	גַּ֣שׁ	gaš	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5066 draw near, approach
execute	פְּגַע־	pə·ḡa‘-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H6293 meet, encounter, reach
him	בּ֑וֹ	bōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
So	וַיַּכֵּ֖הוּ	way·yak·kê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
and he died	וַיָּמֹֽת׃	way·yā·mōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die

2 Samuel 1:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For David	דָּוִ֔ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
had said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to the Amalekite	אֵלָיו֙	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
Your blood	דָּמֶיךָ	då̄·mɛ·ḵå̄	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1818 blood
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
your own head	רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ	rō·še·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7218 head
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
your own mouth	פִ֗יךָ	p̄î·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6310 mouth
has testified	עָנָ֤ה	‘ā·nāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
against you	בְךָ֙	ḇə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
I	אָנֹכִ֥י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
killed	מֹתַ֖תִּי	mō·ṯat·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H4191 die
the LORD’s	יְהוָֽה׃ס	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
anointed	מְשִׁ֥יחַ	mə·šî·aḥ	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H4899 anointed

2 Samuel 1:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then David	דָּוִ֔ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
took up	וַיְקֹנֵ֣ן	way·qō·nên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6969 strike a musical note, chant, wail
this	הַזֹּ֑את	haz·zōṯ	Article; Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
lament	הַקִּינָ֖ה	haq·qî·nāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7015 elegy, dirge
for	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Saul	שָׁא֖וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
and his son	בְּנֽוֹ׃	bə·nōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
Jonathan	יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן	yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3083 Jehonathan

Cross-references

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2 Samuel 1:14 1 Samuel 26:9 · Psalm 105:15 · 1 Samuel 24:6 · Numbers 12:8 · 2 Peter 2:10 · 1 Samuel 31:4

2 Samuel 1:16 Matthew 27:25 · Luke 19:22 · 1 Samuel 26:9 · Leviticus 20:9 · Romans 3:19 · 2 Samuel 1:10 · Proverbs 6:2 · Joshua 2:19 · 1 Kings 2:37

2 Samuel 1:17 2 Chronicles 35:25 · 2 Samuel 1:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.