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And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. (KJV)
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וַיֹּֽאמֶר\־vai.yo.mer-and he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 14:5 word 1
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 14:5 word 2
מַה\־mah-what?
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 14:5 word 3
וַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.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 14:5 word 4
אֲבָ֛ל'a.Valindeed
Lemma: אֲבָל (a.val) · Strong's: H0061
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: truly
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 17:19, Genesis 42:21, 1 Kings 1:43, 2 Kings 4:14, 2 Chronicles 1:4, 2 Chronicles 19:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0061; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:5 word 5
אִשָּֽׁה\־'i.shah-[am] a woman
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:5 word 6
אַלְמָנָ֥ה'al.ma.Naha widow
Lemma: אַלְמָנָה (al.ma.nah) · Strong's: H0490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: widow
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 38:11, Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0490; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:5 word 7
אָ֖נִי'A.niI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:5 word 8
וַיָּ֥מָתvai.Ya.motand he has died
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:5 word 9
אִישִֽׁי\׃'i.Shihusband my
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: man: husband
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 29:32, Genesis 29:34, Genesis 30:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 14:5 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| What | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| troubles you | → | |
| the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| asked | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| her | → | |
| Indeed | → | אֲבָל H0061 truly |
| she said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I [am] | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| a widow | → | אַלְמָנָה H0490 widow |
| for my husband | → | אִישׁ H0376H man: husband |
| is dead | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
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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