2 Samuel

2 Samuel 20:6

⁶And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.^a”

Footnotes

a 20:6 Or and snatch away our eyes or and do us serious harm

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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
And David	דָּוִד֙	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Abishai	אֲבִישַׁ֔י	’ă·ḇî·šay	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H52 Abishai
Now	עַתָּ֗ה	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
Sheba	שֶׁ֥בַע	še·ḇa‘	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7652 Sheba
the son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Bichri	בִּכְרִ֖י	biḵ·rî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1075 Bikri
will do us more harm	יֵ֧רַֽע	yê·ra‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3415 quiver
than	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Absalom	אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם	’aḇ·šā·lō·wm	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H53 Abshalom
Take	קַ֞ח	qaḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H3947 take
your lord’s	אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙	’ă·ḏō·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H113 lord
servants	עַבְדֵ֤י	‘aḇ·ḏê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5650 slave, servant
and pursue him	וּרְדֹ֣ף	ū·rə·ḏōp̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
or	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
he will find	מָ֥צָא	mā·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
fortified	בְּצֻר֖וֹת	bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H1219 cut off, make inaccessible
cities	עָרִ֥ים	‘ā·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
and elude	וְהִצִּ֥יל	wə·hiṣ·ṣîl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
us	עֵינֵֽנוּ׃	‘ê·nê·nū	Noun - common singular construct; first person common plural	H5869 eye

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2 Samuel 11:11 · 1 Kings 1:33 · 2 Samuel 21:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.