2 Samuel 12:15 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
נָתָ֖ן	na.Tan	Nathan	H5416 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בֵּית֑וֹ	bei.To	house his	H1004 →
וַיִּגֹּ֣ף	vai.yi.Gof	and he struck	H5062 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַיֶּ֜לֶד	hai.Ye.led	the child	H3206 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
יָלְדָ֧ה	Yal.dah	she had borne	H3205 →
אֵֽשֶׁת־	'e.shet-	[the] wife of	H802 →
אוּרִיָּ֛ה	'u.ri.Yah	Uriah	H223 →
לְדָוִ֖ד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
וַיֵּאָנַֽשׁ׃	vai.ye.'a.Nash	and he was sick	H605 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:6
  The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- Hosea 6:1
  Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Job 5:18
  For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- Isaiah 45:5
  I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
- Isaiah 45:22
  Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Through
Psalms 104:29
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
leads to
- Job 34:14–15
  If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
  before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Through
1 Samuel 26:10
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:14
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.2 Chronicles 13:20Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.2 Kings 15:5And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.1 Kings 14:1At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

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