2 Samuel 12:4
Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”
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ASV
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
KJV
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֣בֹא | vai.Ya.vo' | and he came | H935 → |
| הֵלֶךְ֮ | he.leKh | a traveler | H1982 → |
| לְאִ֣ישׁ | le.'Ish | to [the] man | H376 → |
| הֶֽעָשִׁיר֒ | he.'a.Shir | <the> rich | H6223 → |
| וַיַּחְמֹ֗ל | vai.yach.Mol | and he spared | H2550 → |
| לָקַ֤חַת | la.Ka.chat | to take | H3947 → |
| מִצֹּאנוֹ֙ | mi.tzo.No | one of own sheep his | H6629 → |
| וּמִבְּקָר֔וֹ | u.mi.be.ka.Ro | and one of own cattle his | H1241 → |
| לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת | la.'a.Sot | to prepare | H6213 → |
| לָאֹרֵ֖חַ | la.'o.Re.ach | for the traveler | H732 → |
| הַבָּא־ | ha.ba'- | who had come | H935 → |
| ל֑וֹ | lo | to <the> him | |
| וַיִּקַּ֗ח | vai.yi.Kach | and he took | H3947 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כִּבְשַׂת֙ | kiv.Sat | [the] ewe-lamb of | H3535 → |
| הָאִ֣ישׁ | ha.'Ish | the man | H376 → |
| הָרָ֔אשׁ | ha.Rash | <the> poor | H7326 → |
| וַֽיַּעֲשֶׂ֔הָ | vai.ya.'a.Se.ha | and he prepared it | H6213 → |
| לָאִ֖ישׁ | la.'Ish | for the man | H376 → |
| הַבָּ֥א | ha.Ba' | who had come | H935 → |
| אֵלָֽיו׃ | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
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