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2 Kings 6:22

“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

BSB

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ASV

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

KJV

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תַכֶּ֔הta.Kehyou must strike [them] downH5221
הַאֲשֶׁ֥רha.'a.Sher¿ [those] whomH834
שָׁבִ֛יתָsha.Vi.tayou have taken captiveH7617
בְּחַרְבְּךָ֥be.char.be.Khaby sword yourH2719
וּֽבְקַשְׁתְּךָ֖u.ve.kash.te.Chaand by bow yourH7198
אַתָּ֣ה'a.Tah[are] youH859
מַכֶּ֑הma.Kehabout to strike downH5221
שִׂים֩simputH7760
לֶ֨חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899
וָמַ֜יִםva.Ma.yimand waterH4325
לִפְנֵיהֶ֗םlif.nei.Hem<to> before themH6440
וְיֹֽאכְלוּ֙ve.yo.khe.Luso they may eatH398
וְיִשְׁתּ֔וּve.yish.Tuand they may drinkH8354
וְיֵלְכ֖וּve.ye.le.Khuand they may goH1980
אֶל־'el-toH413
אֲדֹנֵיהֶֽם׃'a.do.nei.Hemmaster<s> theirH113

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A Famine in Samaria — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain