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But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed? (KJV)
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וַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answered
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 1
אֲבִישַׁ֤י'a.vi.ShaiAbishai
Lemma: אֲבִישַׁי (a.vi.shay) · Strong's: H0052
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abishai
Used 25 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 1 Samuel 26:7, 1 Samuel 26:8, 1 Samuel 26:9, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0052; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 2
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 3
צְרוּיָה֙tze.ru.YahZeruiah
Lemma: צְרוּיָה (tse.ru.yah) · Strong's: H6870
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Zeruiah
Used 26 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 14:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6870; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 4
וַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.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 19:21 word 5
הֲתַ֣חַתha.Ta.chat¿ in place of
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: because of
Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 21:26, Exodus 21:27, Numbers 25:13, Deuteronomy 4:37, Deuteronomy 21:14, Deuteronomy 22:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478J; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 6
זֹ֔אתZotthis
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 19:21 word 7
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 8
יוּמַ֖תyu.Matwill he be put to death
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)
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 19:21 word 9
שִׁמְעִ֑יshim.'IShimei
Lemma: שִׁמְעִי (shim.i) · Strong's: H8096H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Shimei
Used 18 times. Also: 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:7, 2 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 19:16, 2 Samuel 19:18, 2 Samuel 19:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8096H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 10
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 11
קִלֵּ֖לki.Lelhe cursed
Lemma: קָלַל (qa.lal) · Strong's: H7043
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to lighten
Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7043; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 12
אֶת\־'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 19:21 word 13
מְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.ach[the] [one] anointed of
Lemma: מָשִׁיחַ (ma.shi.ach) · Strong's: H4899
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: anointed
Used 39 times. Also: Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:5, Leviticus 4:16, Leviticus 6:22, 1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4899; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 14
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 19:21 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But Abishai | → | אֲבִישַׁי H0052 Abishai |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Zeruiah | → | צְרוּיָה H6870 Zeruiah |
| . . . | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| said | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
| Shouldn’t | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| Shimei | → | שִׁמְעִי H8096H Shimei |
| be put to death | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| for | → | תַּחַת H8478J underneath: because of |
| this | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he cursed | → | קָלַל H7043 to lighten |
| the LORD’s | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| anointed | → | מָשִׁיחַ H4899 anointed |
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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