2 Samuel 17:5 Go deeper
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Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand 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 17:5 word 1
אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם'av.sha.LomAbsalom
Lemma: אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (a.vi.sha.lom) · Strong's: H0053
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Absalom
Used 111 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:1, 2 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 13:20, 2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0053; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 2
קְרָ֣אke.Ra'summon
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 3
נָ֔אNa'please
Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: please
Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 4
גַּ֖םgamalso
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 5
לְחוּשַׁ֣יle.chu.Shai<to> Hushai
Lemma: חוּשַׁי (chu.shay) · Strong's: H2365
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hushai
Used 14 times. Also: 2 Samuel 15:32, 2 Samuel 15:37, 2 Samuel 16:16, 2 Samuel 16:17, 2 Samuel 16:18, 2 Samuel 17:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2365; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 6
הָאַרְכִּ֑יha.'ar.Kithe Arkite
Lemma: אַרְכִּי (ar.ki) · Strong's: H0757
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Archite
Used 6 times. Also: Joshua 16:2, 2 Samuel 15:32, 2 Samuel 16:16, 2 Samuel 17:14, 1 Chronicles 27:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0757; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 7
וְנִשְׁמְעָ֥הve.nish.me.'Ahso let us hear
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqc1cp)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 8
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 17:5 word 9
בְּפִ֖יוbe.Fiv[is] in mouth his
Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lip: word
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Genesis 45:21, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 17:1, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 24:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6310I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 10
גַּם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 11
הֽוּא\׃Hu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:5 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Absalom | → | אֲבִישָׁלוֹם H0053 Absalom |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Summon | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| . . . | → | נָא H4994 please |
| Hushai | → | חוּשַׁי H2365 Hushai |
| the Archite | → | אַרְכִּי H0757 Archite |
| as well | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| and let us hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| what | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| too | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| has to say | → | פֶּה H6310I lip: word |
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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