2 Samuel

2 Samuel 14:13–14

¹³The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son? ¹⁴For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.

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2 Samuel 14:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The woman	הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה	hā·’iš·šāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
asked	וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
Why	וְלָ֧מָּה	wə·lām·māh	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have you devised	חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה	ḥā·šaḇ·tāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H2803 think, account
a thing like this	כָּזֹ֖את	kā·zōṯ	Preposition-k; Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the people	עַ֣ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of God	אֱלֹהִ֑ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
When the king	הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
says	וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר	ū·mid·dab·bêr	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1696 speak
this	הַזֶּה֙	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
does he not convict himself	כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם	kə·’ā·šêm	Preposition-k; Adjective - masculine singular	H818 guilty
since	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
has not	לְבִלְתִּ֛י	lə·ḇil·tî	Preposition-l	H1115 not, except
brought back	הָשִׁ֥יב	hā·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7725 turn back, return
his own banished	נִדְּחֽוֹ׃	nid·də·ḥōw	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5080 impel, thrust, banish

2 Samuel 14:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we will surely die	מ֣וֹת	mō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H4191 die
and be like water	וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙	wə·ḵam·ma·yim	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
poured out	הַנִּגָּרִ֣ים	han·nig·gā·rîm	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H5064 pour, flow, run
on the ground	אַ֔רְצָה	’ar·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
which	אֲשֶׁ֖ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
cannot	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be recovered	יֵאָסֵ֑פוּ	yê·’ā·sê·p̄ū	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H622 gather, remove
Yet God	אֱלֹהִים֙	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
does not	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
take away	יִשָּׂ֤א	yiś·śā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
a life	נֶ֔פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
but He devises	וְחָשַׁב֙	wə·ḥā·šaḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H2803 think, account
ways	מַֽחֲשָׁב֔וֹת	ma·ḥă·šā·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H4284 thought, device
that the banished one	יִדַּ֥ח	yid·daḥ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5080 impel, thrust, banish
may not	לְבִלְתִּ֛י	lə·ḇil·tî	Preposition-l	H1115 not, except
be cast out	נִדָּֽח׃	nid·dāḥ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H5080 impel, thrust, banish
from Him	מִמֶּ֖נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

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2 Samuel 14:13 2 Samuel 13:37–38 · 2 Samuel 12:7 · Judges 20:2 · 1 Kings 20:40–42

2 Samuel 14:14 Job 30:23 · Numbers 35:28 · Hebrews 9:27 · Numbers 35:25 · Numbers 35:15 · Job 34:15 · Ecclesiastes 9:5 · Job 14:7–12 · Psalm 22:14 · Job 14:14 · Psalm 90:10 · 2 Samuel 11:25

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