2 Samuel
2 Samuel 19:42
42And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the men | אִ֨ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular construct | H376 man |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָ֜ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| replied | וַיַּעַן֩ | way·ya·‘an | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6030 answer, respond |
| to | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the men | אִ֣ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular construct | H376 man |
| of Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| because | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the king | הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| is our | אֵלַ֔י | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| relative | קָר֤וֹב | qā·rō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H7138 near |
| Why | וְלָ֤מָּה | wə·lām·māh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| does this | זֶּה֙ | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| anger | חָרָ֣ה | ḥā·rāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H2734 burn, be kindled |
| you | לְךָ֔ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| Have we ever eaten | הֶאָכ֤וֹל | he·’ā·ḵō·wl | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H398 eat |
| at | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the king’s | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| or | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| received anything | נִשֵּׂ֥את | niś·śêṯ | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| for ourselves | לָֽנוּ׃ס | lā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural |
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