2 Samuel

2 Samuel 14:5

⁵“What troubles you?” the king asked her.

“Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
What	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
troubles you	לָּ֑ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
the king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
asked	וַיֹּֽאמֶר־	way·yō·mer-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
her	לָ֥הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
Indeed	אֲבָ֛ל	’ă·ḇāl	Adverb	H61 verily, of a truth
she said	וַתֹּ֗אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
I	אָ֖נִי	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
a widow	אַלְמָנָ֥ה	’al·mā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H490 widow
for my husband	אִישִֽׁי׃	’î·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H376 man
is dead	וַיָּ֥מָת	way·yā·māṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.