2 Samuel

2 Samuel 21:6

⁶let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them^a before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.”

“I will give them to you,” said the king.

Footnotes

a 21:6 Or expose them or execute them; similarly in verse 9

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Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
let seven	שִׁבְעָ֤ה	šiḇ·‘āh	Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
of his male descendants	מִבָּנָ֔יו	mib·bā·nāw	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
be delivered	יְנָתָן	yə·nå̄·ṯå̄n	Verb - QalPass - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to us	לָ֜נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
so that we may hang them	וְהוֹקַֽעֲנוּם֙	wə·hō·w·qa·‘ă·nūm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural; third person masculine plural	H3363 be dislocated, alienated
before the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
at Gibeah	בְּגִבְעַ֥ת	bə·ḡiḇ·‘aṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1390 Gibah
of Saul	שָׁא֖וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
the chosen	בְּחִ֣יר	bə·ḥîr	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H972 chosen
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑הס	yə·h·wå̄·hs	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
I	אֲנִ֥י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
will give them to you	אֶתֵּֽן׃	’et·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
said	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
the king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

Cross-references

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.