2 Samuel
2 Samuel 14:30
30Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!”
And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.c
Footnotes
- c 14:30 LXX includes So the servants of Joab came to him with their clothes torn and said to him, “The servants of Absalom have set your field on fire.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then Absalom said | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| his servants | עֲבָדָ֜יו | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| Look | רְאוּ֩ | rə·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7200 see |
| Joab’s | יוֹאָ֤ב | yō·w·’āḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3097 Joab |
| field is | חֶלְקַ֨ת | ḥel·qaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H2513 portion |
| next to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| mine | יָדִי֙ | yā·ḏî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H3027 hand |
| and he has | וְלוֹ־ | wə·lōw- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| barley | שְׂעֹרִ֔ים | śə·‘ō·rîm | Noun - feminine plural | H8184 barley |
| there | שָׁ֣ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| Go | לְכ֖וּ | lə·ḵū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| and set it | וְהוֹצִתִּיהָ | wə·hō·ṣit·tī·hå̄ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural; third person feminine singular | H3341 kindle, burn |
| on fire | בָאֵ֑שׁ | ḇā·’êš | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular | H784 fire |
| And Absalom’s | אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם | ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H53 Abshalom |
| servants | עַבְדֵ֧י | ‘aḇ·ḏê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H5650 slave, servant |
| set the field | הַחֶלְקָ֖ה | ha·ḥel·qāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2513 portion |
| on fire | וַיַּצִּ֜תוּ | way·yaṣ·ṣi·ṯū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3341 kindle, burn |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.