2 Samuel 11:14 Go deeper
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And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. (KJV)
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וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 1
בַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerin the morning
Lemma: בֹּ֫קֶר (bo.qer) · Strong's: H1242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: morning
Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1242; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 2
וַיִּכְתֹּ֥בvai.yikh.Toand he wrote
Lemma: כָּתַב (ka.tav) · Strong's: H3789
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to write
Used 222 times. Also: Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 24:12, Exodus 31:18, Exodus 32:15, Exodus 32:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3789; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 3
דָּוִ֛דda.VidDavid
Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: David
Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 4
סֵ֖פֶרSe.fera letter
Lemma: סֵ֫פֶר (se.pher) · Strong's: H5612A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: scroll: document
Used 52 times. Also: Deuteronomy 24:1, Deuteronomy 24:3, 2 Samuel 11:15, 1 Kings 21:8, 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5612A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 5
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 6
יוֹאָ֑בyo.'AvJoab
Lemma: יוֹאָב (yo.av) · Strong's: H3097G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joab
Used 141 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:14, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3097G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 7
וַיִּשְׁלַ֖חvai.yish.Lachand he sent [it]
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 8
בְּיַ֥דbe.Yadby [the] hand of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 9
אוּרִיָּֽה\׃'u.ri.YahUriah
Lemma: אוּרִיָּה (u.riy.yah) · Strong's: H0223A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Uriah
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 11:3, 2 Samuel 11:6, 2 Samuel 11:7, 2 Samuel 11:8, 2 Samuel 11:9, 2 Samuel 11:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0223A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:14 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The next morning | → | בֹּ֫קֶר H1242 morning |
| David | → | דָּוִד H1732 David |
| wrote | → | כָּתַב H3789 to write |
| a letter | → | סֵ֫פֶר H5612A scroll: document |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Joab | → | יוֹאָב H3097G Joab |
| and sent | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| . . . | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
| it with Uriah | → | אוּרִיָּה H0223A Uriah |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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