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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.”

BSB

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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
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּאמֶר֩va.to.Merand she saidH559
יִזְכָּר־yiz.kor-let him rememberH2142
נָ֨אna'pleaseH4994
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
מֵהַרְבַּ֞תme.har.vitfrom increasingH7235
גֹּאֵ֤לgo.'El[the] avenger ofH1350
הַדָּם֙ha.Dam<the> bloodH1818
לְשַׁחֵ֔תle.sha.Chetto destroyH7843
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
יַשְׁמִ֖ידוּyash.Mi.duthey will destroyH8045
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנִ֑יbe.Nison myH1121
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehof YahwehH3068
אִם־'im-ifH518
יִפֹּ֛לyi.Polit will fallH5307
מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥תmi.sa.'a.Ratone of [the] hair[s] ofH8185
בְּנֵ֖ךְbe.Nekhson yourH1121
אָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzah[the] ground towardsH776

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About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain