2 Samuel

2 Samuel 9:8

⁸Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Mephibosheth bowed down	וַיִּשְׁתַּ֕חוּ	way·yiš·ta·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7812 bow down
and said	וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
What	מֶ֣ה	meh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
is your servant	עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ	‘aḇ·de·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you should show regard	פָנִ֔יתָ	p̄ā·nî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6437 turn
for	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
a dead	הַמֵּ֖ת	ham·mêṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H4191 die
dog	הַכֶּ֥לֶב	hak·ke·leḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3611 dog
like me	כָּמֽוֹנִי׃	kā·mō·w·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H3644 like, as, when

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.