2 Samuel 11:20
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
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ASV
it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
KJV
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֗ה | ve.ha.Yah | and it will be | H1961 → |
| אִֽם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| תַּעֲלֶה֙ | ta.'a.Leh | it will rise | H5927 → |
| חֲמַ֣ת | cha.Mat | [the] anger of | H2534 → |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| וְאָמַ֣ר | ve.'a.Mar | and he will say | H559 → |
| לְךָ֔ | le.Kha | to <the> you | |
| מַדּ֛וּעַ | ma.Du.a' | why? | H4069 → |
| נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם | ni.gash.Tem | did you draw near | H5066 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הָעִ֖יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| לְהִלָּחֵ֑ם | le.hi.la.Chem | to fight | H3898 → |
| הֲל֣וֹא | ha.Lo' | ¿ not | H3808 → |
| יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם | ye.da'.Tem | did you know | H3045 → |
| אֵ֥ת | 'et | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | this: | H834 → |
| יֹר֖וּ | yo.Ru | they will shoot | H3384 → |
| מֵעַ֥ל | me.'Al | from on | H5921 → |
| הַחוֹמָֽה׃ | ha.cho.Mah | the wall | H2346 → |
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