2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:9

⁹Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then he begged me	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Stand	עֲמָד־	‘ă·māḏ-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
over me	עָלַי֙	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
and kill me	וּמֹ֣תְתֵ֔נִי	ū·mō·ṯə·ṯê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H4191 die
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
agony	הַשָּׁבָ֑ץ	haš·šā·ḇāṣ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7661 entanglement, perplexity
has seized me	אֲחָזַ֖נִי	’ă·ḥā·za·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H270 grasp, take hold, take possession
but	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
my life	נַפְשִׁ֖י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
still	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
lingers	ע֥וֹד	‘ō·wḏ	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.