2 Samuel 23:6 Go deeper

But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: (KJV)

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וּבְלִיַּ֕עַלu.ve.li.Ya.'aland a worthless person

Lemma: בְּלִיַּ֫עַל (be.liy.ya.al) · Strong's: H1100G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: Belial

Used 16 times. Also: Deuteronomy 13:13, Judges 19:22, Judges 20:13, 1 Samuel 1:16, 1 Samuel 2:12, 1 Samuel 10:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1100G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:6 word 1

כְּק֥וֹץke.Kotz[is] like thorn[s]

Lemma: קוֹץ (qots) · Strong's: H6975

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: thorn

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 3:18, Exodus 22:6, Judges 8:7, Judges 8:16, Psalms 118:12, Isaiah 32:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6975; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:6 word 2

מֻנָ֖דmu.Nad[which is] chased away

Lemma: נָדַד (na.dad) · Strong's: H5074

Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVHsmsa)

Meaning: to wander

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 31:40, Esther 6:1, Job 15:23, Job 18:18, Job 20:8, Psalms 31:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5074; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:6 word 3

כֻּלָּ֑הַםku.La.hamall of them

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:6 word 4

כִּֽי\־ki-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 23:6 word 5

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 23:6 word 6

בְיָ֖דve.Yadin a hand

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:6 word 7

יִקָּֽחוּ\׃yi.Ka.chupeople will take

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:6 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But the worthless	→	בְּלִיַּ֫עַל H1100G Belial
are all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
like thorns	→	קוֹץ H6975 thorn
raked aside	→	נָדַד H5074 to wander
for	→	כִּי H3588A for
they can never	→	לֹא H3808 not
be gathered	→	לָקַח H3947G to take: take
by hand	→	יָד H3027G hand

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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