2 Samuel 23:19 Go deeper
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Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. (KJV)
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מִן\־min-more than
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:19 word 1
הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה֙ha.she.lo.Shahthe three
Lemma: שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) · Strong's: H7969
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: three
Used 429 times. Also: Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7969; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:19 word 2
הֲכִ֣יha.Khi¿ for
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 23:19 word 3
נִכְבָּ֔דnikh.Bad[was he] honored
Lemma: כָּבֵד (ka.vad) · Strong's: H3513G
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to honor: honour
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 34:19, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:18, Exodus 20:12, Leviticus 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3513G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:19 word 4
וַיְהִ֥יvay.Hiand he became
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 23:19 word 5
לְשָׂ֑רle.Sar<into> a commander
Lemma: שַׂר (sar) · Strong's: H8269
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: ruler
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 12:15, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8269; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:19 word 6
וְעַד\־ve.'ad-and to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:19 word 7
הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֖הha.she.lo.Shahthe three
Lemma: שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) · Strong's: H7969
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: three
Used 429 times. Also: Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7969; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:19 word 8
לֹא\־lo'-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 23:19 word 9
בָֽא\׃\ \סVa'he came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:19 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Was he not | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| more honored | → | כָּבֵד H3513G to honor: honour |
| than | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| the Three | → | שָׁלֹשׁ H7969 three |
| And he became | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| their | → | |
| commander | → | שַׂר H8269 ruler |
| . . . | → | עַד H5704 till |
| even though he was not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| included | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| among the Three | → | שָׁלֹשׁ H7969 three |
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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