2 Samuel

2 Samuel 14:20

²⁰Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Joab	יוֹאָ֖ב	yō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3097 Joab
your servant	עַבְדְּךָ֥	‘aḇ·də·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
has done	עָשָׂ֛ה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
this	הַזֶּ֑ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
to	לְבַעֲב֤וּר	lə·ḇa·‘ă·ḇūr	Preposition-l, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H5668 crossed, transit, account
bring about	סַבֵּב֙	sab·bêḇ	Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
this change	פְּנֵ֣י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of affairs	הַדָּבָ֔ר	had·dā·ḇār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
but my lord	וַאדֹנִ֣י	wa·ḏō·nî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H113 lord
has wisdom	חָכָ֗ם	ḥā·ḵām	Adjective - masculine singular	H2450 wise
like the wisdom	כְּחָכְמַת֙	kə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2451 wisdom
of the angel	מַלְאַ֣ךְ	mal·’aḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4397 messenger
of God	הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים	hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
to know	לָדַ֖עַת	lā·ḏa·‘aṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3045 know
everything	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
that	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
in the land	בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ס	bā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

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2 Samuel 14:17 · 2 Samuel 19:27

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.