2 Samuel

2 Samuel 16:3

³“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king.

And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”

Read all of 2 Samuel 16

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
Where	וְאַיֵּ֖ה	wə·’ay·yêh	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H346 Where?
is your master’s	אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ	’ă·ḏō·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H113 lord
grandson	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
asked	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
the king	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
And Ziba	צִיבָ֜א	ṣî·ḇā	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6717 Tsiba
answered	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Indeed	הִנֵּה֙	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
he is staying	יוֹשֵׁ֣ב	yō·wō·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
for	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he has said	אָמַ֔ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Today	הַיּ֗וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
the house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
will restore	יָשִׁ֤יבוּ	yā·šî·ḇū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
to me	לִי֙	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
the kingdom	מַמְלְכ֥וּת	mam·lə·ḵūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4468 kingdom, dominion, reign
of my grandfather	אָבִֽי׃	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Samuel 9:9–10

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.