2 Samuel
2 Samuel 12:11
11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is what | כֹּ֣ה׀ | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will raise up | מֵקִ֨ים | mê·qîm | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| adversity | רָעָה֙ | rā·‘āh | Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| against you | עָלֶ֤יךָ | ‘ā·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| from your own house | מִבֵּיתֶ֔ךָ | mib·bê·ṯe·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1004 house |
| Before your very eyes | לְעֵינֶ֔יךָ | lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
| I will take | וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י | wə·lā·qaḥ·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H3947 take |
| your wives | נָשֶׁ֙יךָ֙ | nā·še·ḵā | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| and give them | וְנָתַתִּ֖י | wə·nā·ṯat·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| to another | לְרֵעֶ֑יךָ | lə·rê·‘e·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
| and he will lie | וְשָׁכַב֙ | wə·šā·ḵaḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7901 lie down |
| with them | עִם־ | ‘im- | Preposition | H5973 with |
| in broad daylight | נָשֶׁ֔יךָ | nā·še·ḵā | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
2 Samuel 16:21–22 · Deuteronomy 28:30 · 2 Samuel 15:6 · 2 Samuel 13:1–14 · 2 Samuel 15:10 · 2 Samuel 13:28–29 · Ezekiel 20:25–26 · Hosea 4:13–14 · Ezekiel 14:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.