2 Samuel

2 Samuel 24:13

¹³So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three^d years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

Footnotes

d 24:13 LXX (see also 1 Chronicles 21:12|1CH 21:12); Hebrew seven

Read all of 2 Samuel 24

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
So Gad	גָ֥ד	ḡāḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1410 Gad
went	וַיָּבֹא־	way·yā·ḇō-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and said	וַיַּגֶּד־	way·yag·geḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
David	דָּוִ֖ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
Do you choose to endure	הֲתָב֣וֹא	hă·ṯā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
three	שֶֽׁבַע	še·ḇa‘	Number - feminine singular	H7651 seven
years	שָׁנִ֣ים׀	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
of famine	רָעָ֣ב׀	rā·‘āḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
in your land	בְּאַרְצֶ֡ךָ	bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H776 earth, land
three	שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה	šə·lō·šāh	Number - masculine singular	H7969 a three, triad
months	חֳ֠דָשִׁים	ḥo·ḏā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
of fleeing	נֻסְךָ֨	nus·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
the pursuit	רֹדְפֶ֗ךָ	rō·ḏə·p̄e·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
of	לִפְנֵֽי־	lip̄·nê-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H6440 face, before
your enemies	צָרֶ֜יךָ	ṣā·re·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6862 narrow, tight
or	וְאִם־	wə·’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
three	שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת	šə·lō·šeṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H7969 a three, triad
days	יָמִ֥ים	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
of	הֱ֠יוֹת	hĕ·yō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
plague	דֶּ֙בֶר֙	de·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular	H1698 pestilence
upon your land	בְּאַרְצֶ֔ךָ	bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H776 earth, land
Now then	עַתָּה֙	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
think it over	דַּ֣ע	da‘	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H3045 know
and decide	וּרְאֵ֔ה	ū·rə·’êh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7200 see
how	מָה־	māh-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
I should reply	דָּבָֽר׃ס	dā·ḇār	Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
to Him who sent me	שֹׁלְחִ֖י	šō·lə·ḥî	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7971 send

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Chronicles 21:12 · 2 Samuel 21:1 · 1 Kings 17:1–7 · Leviticus 26:25

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.