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And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 1
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe woman
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman
Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 2
וְלָ֧מָּהve.La.mahand <to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 3
חָשַׁ֛בְתָּהcha.Shav.tahhave you planned
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to devise: devise
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 50:20, 1 Samuel 18:25, Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 6:6, Esther 9:24, Psalms 10:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 4
כָּזֹ֖אתka.Zotlike this
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 5
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 6
עַ֣ם'am[the] people of
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 7
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 8
וּמִדַּבֵּ֨רu.mid.da.Berand <from> because has spoken
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696I
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to speak: promise
Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 21:1, Genesis 23:16, Genesis 28:15, Exodus 12:25, Leviticus 23:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 9
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 10
הַדָּבָ֤רha.da.Varthe word
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: word: promised
Used 24 times. Also: Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 17:4, Deuteronomy 17:9, Deuteronomy 17:10, Deuteronomy 24:5, Joshua 21:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697J; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 11
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 12
כְּאָשֵׁ֔םke.'a.Shemlike a guilty [person]
Lemma: אָשֵׁם (a.shem) · Strong's: H0818
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: guilty
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 42:21, Ezra 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0818; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 13
לְבִלְתִּ֛יle.vil.Tito not
Lemma: בִּלְתִּי (bil.ti) · Strong's: H1115
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: lest
Used 112 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 38:9, Genesis 43:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1115; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 14
הָשִׁ֥יבha.Shivto bring back
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 15
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 16
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 17
נִדְּחֽוֹ\׃ni.de.Chobanished [son] his
Lemma: נָדַח (na.dach) · Strong's: H5080
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVNrmsc)
Meaning: to banish
Used 54 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 13:10, Deuteronomy 13:13, Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 20:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5080; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:13 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The woman | → | אִשָּׁה H0802G woman |
| asked | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| have you devised | → | חָשַׁב H2803I to devise: devise |
| a thing like this | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| against | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| of God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| When the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| says | → | דָבַר H1696I to speak: promise |
| this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| . . . | → | דָּבָר H1697J word: promised |
| does he not convict himself | → | אָשֵׁם H0818 guilty |
| since [he] | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| has not | → | בִּלְתִּי H1115 lest |
| brought back | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| his own banished [son] | → | נָדַח H5080 to banish |
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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