2 Samuel

2 Samuel 21:5

⁵And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And they answered	וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
the king	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
As for the man	הָאִישׁ֙	hā·’îš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
who	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
consumed us	כִּלָּ֔נוּ	kil·lā·nū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
and	וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר	wa·’ă·šer	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
plotted	דִּמָּה־	dim·māh-	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1819 be like, resemble
against us	לָ֑נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
to exterminate us	נִשְׁמַ֕דְנוּ	niš·maḏ·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed
from existing	מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב	mê·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ	Preposition-m; Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct	H3320 set or station oneself, take one's stand
within any	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
border	גְּבֻ֥ל	gə·ḇul	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1366 border, boundary, territory
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.