2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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ASV
Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
KJV
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַדּ֜וּעַ | ma.Du.a' | why? | H4069 → |
| בָּזִ֣יתָ׀ | ba.Zi.ta | have you despised | H959 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| דְּבַ֣ר | de.Var | [the] word of | H1697 → |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת | la.'a.Sot | by doing | H6213 → |
| הָרַע֮ | ha.Ra' | the evil | H7451 → |
| בְּעֵינַי֒ | be.'ei.no | in eyes my | H5869 → |
| אֵ֣ת | 'et | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אוּרִיָּ֤ה | 'u.ri.Yah | Uriah | H223 → |
| הַֽחִתִּי֙ | ha.chi.Ti | the Hittite | H2850 → |
| הִכִּ֣יתָ | hi.Ki.ta | you struck down | H5221 → |
| בַחֶ֔רֶב | va.Che.rev | with the sword | H2719 → |
| וְאֶ֨ת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ | 'ish.To | wife his | H802 → |
| לָקַ֥חְתָּ | la.Kach.ta | you took | H3947 → |
| לְּךָ֖ | le.Kha | for <the> yourself | |
| לְאִשָּׁ֑ה | le.'i.Shah | to a wife | H802 → |
| וְאֹת֣וֹ | ve.'o.To | and <obj.> him | H853 → |
| הָרַ֔גְתָּ | ha.Rag.ta | you killed | H2026 → |
| בְּחֶ֖רֶב | be.Che.rev | with [the] sword of | H2719 → |
| בְּנֵ֥י | be.Nei | [the] people of | H1121 → |
| עַמּֽוֹן׃ | a.Mon | Ammon | H5983 → |
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