2 Samuel
2 Samuel 19:26
26“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddleda so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
Footnotes
- a 19:26 LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate Saddle a donkey for me; Hebrew I will saddle a donkey for myself
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My lord | אֲדֹנִ֥י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| the king | הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| he replied | וַיֹּאמַ֕ר | way·yō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| because | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| am lame | פִסֵּ֖חַ | p̄is·sê·aḥ | Adjective - masculine singular | H6455 lame |
| said | אָמַ֨ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will have my donkey | הַחֲמ֨וֹר | ha·ḥă·mō·wr | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2543 heap |
| saddled | אֶחְבְּשָׁה־ | ’eḥ·bə·šāh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H2280 bind, bind on, bind up |
| so that I may ride | וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב | wə·’er·kaḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H7392 mount and ride, ride |
| on it | עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ | ‘ā·le·hā | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H5921 height |
| and go | וְאֵלֵ֣ךְ | wə·’ê·lêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| with | אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | Preposition | H854 with |
| the king | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| But my servant | עַבְדִּ֣י | ‘aḇ·dî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| deceived me | רִמָּ֑נִי | rim·mā·nî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H7411 cast, shoot |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.