2 Samuel
2 Samuel 16:2
2“Why do you have these?” asked the king.
Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | מָה־ | māh- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| do you have these | אֵ֣לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| asked | וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the king | הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| Ziba | צִ֠יבָא | ṣî·ḇā | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6717 Tsiba |
| replied | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| The donkeys | הַחֲמוֹרִ֨ים | ha·ḥă·mō·w·rîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2543 heap |
| are for the king’s | הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| household | לְבֵית־ | lə·ḇêṯ- | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| to ride | לִרְכֹּ֗ב | lir·kōḇ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7392 mount and ride, ride |
| the bread | וּלְהַלֶּחֶם | ū·lə·hal·lɛ·ḥɛm | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3899 bread, food |
| and summer fruit | וְהַקַּ֙יִץ֙ | wə·haq·qa·yiṣ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7019 summer, summer-fruit |
| are for the young men | הַנְּעָרִ֔ים | han·nə·‘ā·rîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5288 a shaking, scattering |
| to eat | לֶאֱכ֣וֹל | le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H398 eat |
| and the wine | וְהַיַּ֕יִן | wə·hay·ya·yin | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3196 wine |
| is to refresh those | לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת | liš·tō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8354 drink |
| who become exhausted | הַיָּעֵ֖ף | hay·yā·‘êp̄ | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H3287 weary, faint |
| in the wilderness | בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | bam·miḏ·bār | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4057 mouth |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.