2 Samuel

2 Samuel 9:10

¹⁰You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.”

Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You	אַתָּה֩	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
and your sons	וּבָנֶ֨יךָ	ū·ḇā·ne·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1121 son
and servants	וַעֲבָדֶ֜יךָ	wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
are to work	וְעָבַ֣דְתָּ	wə·‘ā·ḇaḏ·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H5647 work, serve
the ground	הָאֲדָמָ֡ה	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
for him	לּ֣וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
and bring in	וְהֵבֵ֗אתָ	wə·hê·ḇê·ṯā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
so that your master’s	אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ	’ă·ḏō·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H113 lord
grandson	לְבֶן־	lə·ḇen-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
may have	וְהָיָ֨ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
food	לֶּ֙חֶם֙	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
to eat	וַאֲכָל֔וֹ	wa·’ă·ḵā·lōw	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H398 eat
But Mephibosheth	וּמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙	ū·mə·p̄î·ḇō·šeṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4648 Mephibosheth
your master’s	אֲדֹנֶ֔יךָ	’ă·ḏō·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H113 lord
grandson	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
is always	תָּמִ֛יד	tā·mîḏ	Adverb	H8548 continuity
to eat	יֹאכַ֥ל	yō·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H398 eat
at	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
my table	שֻׁלְחָנִ֑י	šul·ḥā·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7979 table
Now Ziba	וּלְצִיבָ֗א	ū·lə·ṣî·ḇā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6717 Tsiba
had fifteen	חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה	ḥă·miš·šāh	Number - masculine singular	H2568 five
sons	בָּנִ֖ים	bā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1121 son
and twenty	וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים	wə·‘eś·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
servants	עֲבָדִֽים׃	‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5650 slave, servant

Cross-references

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2 Samuel 9:7 · 2 Samuel 19:28 · 2 Kings 25:29 · 2 Samuel 9:11–13 · Luke 14:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.