2 Samuel
2 Samuel 19:35
35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I am | אָנֹכִ֨י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| now | הַיּ֜וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| eighty | שְׁמֹנִ֣ים | šə·mō·nîm | Number - common plural | H8084 an eighty |
| years old | בֶּן־ | ben- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1121 son |
| Can I discern | הַאֵדַ֣ע׀ | ha·’ê·ḏa‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3045 know |
| what is good | ט֣וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| and what is not | לְרָ֗ע | lə·rā‘ | Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| Can your servant | עַבְדְּךָ֙ | ‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| taste | יִטְעַ֤ם | yiṭ·‘am | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2938 taste, perceive |
| what | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| he eats | אֹכַל֙ | ’ō·ḵal | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H398 eat |
| or drinks | אֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה | ’eš·teh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H8354 drink |
| Can I still | ע֔וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| hear | אֶשְׁמַ֣ע | ’eš·ma‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H8085 hear |
| the voice | בְּק֖וֹל | bə·qō·wl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6963 sound, voice |
| of singing men | שָׁרִ֣ים | šā·rîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H7891 sing |
| and women | וְשָׁר֑וֹת | wə·šā·rō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural | H7891 sing |
| Why | וְלָמָּה֩ | wə·lām·māh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| should your servant | עַבְדְּךָ֥ | ‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| be | יִֽהְיֶ֨ה | yih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| an added | עוֹד֙ | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| burden | לְמַשָּׂ֔א | lə·maś·śā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H4853 load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| my lord | אֲדֹנִ֖י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| the king | הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
Cross-references
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2 Samuel 15:33 · Ezra 2:65 · Hebrews 5:14 · Psalm 90:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.