2 Samuel 12:21
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
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ASV
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
KJV
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ | vai.yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| עֲבָדָיו֙ | 'a.va.Dav | servants his | H5650 → |
| אֵלָ֔יו | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| מָֽה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → |
| הַדָּבָ֥ר | ha.da.Var | [is] the thing | H1697 → |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| עָשִׂ֑יתָה | 'a.Si.tah | you have done | H6213 → |
| בַּעֲב֞וּר | ba.'a.Vur | forsake of | H5668 → |
| הַיֶּ֤לֶד | hai.Ye.led | the child | H3206 → |
| חַי֙ | chai | [was] alive | H2416 → |
| צַ֣מְתָּ | Tzam.ta | you fasted | H6684 → |
| וַתֵּ֔בְךְּ | va.Te.vek | and you wept | H1058 → |
| וְכַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ | ve.kha.'a.Sher | and just when | H834 → |
| מֵ֣ת | met | he died | H4191 → |
| הַיֶּ֔לֶד | hai.Ye.led | the child | H3206 → |
| קַ֖מְתָּ | Kam.ta | you arose | H6965 → |
| וַתֹּ֥אכַל | va.To.khal | and you ate | H398 → |
| לָֽחֶם׃ | La.chem | food | H3899 → |
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