2 Samuel

2 Samuel 11:3–4

³So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam^b and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

⁴Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

Footnotes

b 11:3 Eliam is a variant of Ammiel; see 1 Chronicles 3:5|1CH 3:5.

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2 Samuel 11:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So David	דָּוִ֔ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
and inquired	וַיִּדְרֹ֖שׁ	way·yiḏ·rōš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1875 resort to, seek
about the woman	לָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה	lā·’iš·šāh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
and he was told	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
This	זֹאת֙	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
is Bathsheba	שֶׁ֣בַע	še·ḇa‘	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1339 Bath-Sheba
the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Preposition	H1323 daughter
of Eliam	אֱלִיעָ֔ם	’ĕ·lî·‘ām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H463 Eliam
and the wife	אֵ֖שֶׁת	’ê·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H802 woman, wife, female
of Uriah	אוּרִיָּ֥ה	’ū·rî·yāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H223 Urijah
the Hittite	הַחִתִּֽי׃	ha·ḥit·tî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2850 Hittite(s)

2 Samuel 11:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then David	דָּוִ֨ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַח֩	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
messengers	מַלְאָכִ֜ים	mal·’ā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4397 messenger
to get her	וַיִּקָּחֶ֗הָ	way·yiq·qā·ḥe·hā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3947 take
and when she came	וַתָּב֤וֹא	wat·tā·ḇō·w	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to him	אֵלָיו֙	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
he slept	וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב	way·yiš·kaḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7901 lie down
with her	עִמָּ֔הּ	‘im·māh	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H5973 with
Now she	וְהִ֥יא	wə·hî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
had just purified herself	מִתְקַדֶּ֖שֶׁת	miṯ·qad·de·šeṯ	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singular	H6942 be set apart, consecrated
from her uncleanness	מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑הּ	miṭ·ṭum·’ā·ṯāh	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H2932 uncleanness
Then she returned	וַתָּ֖שָׁב	wat·tā·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7725 turn back, return
home	בֵּיתָֽהּ׃	bê·ṯāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H1004 house

Cross-references

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2 Samuel 11:3 2 Samuel 23:39 · 1 Chronicles 3:5 · James 1:14–15 · Jeremiah 5:8

2 Samuel 11:4 James 1:14–15 · Leviticus 18:19 · Psalm 51:1–19 · Leviticus 12:2–5 · Proverbs 30:20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.