2 Samuel 14:11
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
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ASV
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
KJV
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּאמֶר֩ | va.to.Mer | and she said | H559 → |
| יִזְכָּר־ | yiz.kor- | let him remember | H2142 → |
| נָ֨א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| מֵהַרְבַּ֞ת | me.har.vit | from increasing | H7235 → |
| גֹּאֵ֤ל | go.'El | [the] avenger of | H1350 → |
| הַדָּם֙ | ha.Dam | <the> blood | H1818 → |
| לְשַׁחֵ֔ת | le.sha.Chet | to destroy | H7843 → |
| וְלֹ֥א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יַשְׁמִ֖ידוּ | yash.Mi.du | they will destroy | H8045 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בְּנִ֑י | be.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| חַי־ | chai- | [by] [the] life | H2416 → |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah.weh | of Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| יִפֹּ֛ל | yi.Pol | it will fall | H5307 → |
| מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥ת | mi.sa.'a.Rat | one of [the] hair[s] of | H8185 → |
| בְּנֵ֖ךְ | be.Nekh | son your | H1121 → |
| אָֽרְצָה׃ | 'A.re.tzah | [the] ground towards | H776 → |
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