2 Samuel

2 Samuel 24:17

¹⁷When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd,^g have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

Footnotes

g 24:17 DSS and LXX; MT does not include the shepherd.

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Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When David	דָּוִ֨ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
saw	בִּרְאֹת֣וֹ׀	bir·’ō·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H7200 see
the angel	הַמַּלְאָ֣ךְ׀	ham·mal·’āḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4397 messenger
striking down	הַמַּכֶּ֣ה	ham·mak·keh	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H5221 smite
the people	בָעָ֗ם	ḇā·‘ām	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
he said	וַיֹּאמֶר֩	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the LORD	יְהוָ֜ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
Surely	הִנֵּ֨ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
I	אָנֹכִ֤י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
have sinned	חָטָ֙אתִי֙	ḥā·ṭā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H2398 miss
and	וְאָנֹכִ֣י	wə·’ā·nō·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
acted wickedly	הֶעֱוֵ֔יתִי	he·‘ĕ·wê·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5753 bend, twist
But these	וְאֵ֥לֶּה	wə·’êl·leh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
sheep	הַצֹּ֖אן	haṣ·ṣōn	Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
what	מֶ֣ה	meh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have they done	עָשׂ֑וּ	‘ā·śū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6213 do, make
Please	נָ֥א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
let Your hand	יָדְךָ֛	yā·ḏə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3027 hand
fall upon	תְּהִ֨י	tə·hî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
me	בִּ֖י	bî	Preposition; first person common singular
and my father’s	אָבִֽי׃פ	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
house	וּבְבֵ֥ית	ū·ḇə·ḇêṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house

Cross-references

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1 Chronicles 21:16–17 · Psalm 74:1 · 2 Samuel 24:10 · Job 42:6 · Ezekiel 34:23–24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.