2 Samuel

2 Samuel 11:4

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.

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then Davidדָּוִ֨דdā·wiḏNoun - proper - masculine singularH1732 David
sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֩way·yiš·laḥConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH7971 send
messengersמַלְאָכִ֜יםmal·’ā·ḵîmNoun - masculine pluralH4397 messenger
to get herוַיִּקָּחֶ֗הָway·yiq·qā·ḥe·hāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singularH3947 take
and when she cameוַתָּב֤וֹאwat·tā·ḇō·wConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
to himאֵלָיו֙’ê·lāwPreposition; third person masculine singularH413 motion to
he sleptוַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בway·yiš·kaḇConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH7901 lie down
with herעִמָּ֔הּ‘im·māhPreposition; third person feminine singularH5973 with
Now sheוְהִ֥יאwə·hîConjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person feminine singularH1931 he, she
had just purified herselfמִתְקַדֶּ֖שֶׁתmiṯ·qad·de·šeṯVerb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singularH6942 be set apart, consecrated
from her uncleannessמִטֻּמְאָתָ֑הּmiṭ·ṭum·’ā·ṯāhPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH2932 uncleanness
Then she returnedוַתָּ֖שָׁבwat·tā·šāḇConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularH7725 turn back, return
homeבֵּיתָֽהּ׃bê·ṯāhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH1004 house

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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.