2 Samuel
2 Samuel 12:9
9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | מַדּ֜וּעַ | mad·dū·a‘ | Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| then have you despised | בָּזִ֣יתָ׀ | bā·zî·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H959 despise |
| the command | דְּבַ֣ר | də·ḇar | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| by doing | לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת | la·‘ă·śō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H6213 do, make |
| evil | הָרַע֮ | hā·ra‘ | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| in His sight | בְּעֵינוֹ | bə·ʿē·nō | Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; first person common singular | H5869 eye |
| You put | הִכִּ֣יתָ | hik·kî·ṯā | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5221 smite |
| Uriah | אוּרִיָּ֤ה | ’ū·rî·yāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H223 Urijah |
| the Hittite | הַֽחִתִּי֙ | ha·ḥit·tî | Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H2850 Hittite(s) |
| to the sword | בַחֶ֔רֶב | ḇa·ḥe·reḇ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
| and took | לָקַ֥חְתָּ | lā·qaḥ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H3947 take |
| his wife | אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ | ’iš·tōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| as your own | לְאִשָּׁ֑ה | lə·’iš·šāh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| You have slain him | הָרַ֔גְתָּ | hā·raḡ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2026 kill, slay |
| with the sword | בְּחֶ֖רֶב | bə·ḥe·reḇ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H2719 sword |
| of the Ammonites | בְּנֵ֥י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Samuel 15:19 · Psalm 90:8 · Jeremiah 18:10 · 1 Samuel 15:23 · Psalm 139:1–2 · Amos 2:4 · Numbers 15:30–31 · 2 Samuel 11:4 · Genesis 9:5–6 · Exodus 20:13–14 · Isaiah 5:24 · Hebrews 10:28–29
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.