2 Samuel 15:34
But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
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ASV
but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant; then wilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
KJV
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | ve.'im- | and if | H518 → |
| הָעִ֣יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| תָּשׁ֗וּב | ta.Shuv | you will return | H7725 → |
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ | ve.'a.mar.Ta | and you will say | H559 → |
| לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ | le.'av.sha.lOm | to Absalom | H53 → |
| עַבְדְּךָ֨ | 'av.de.Kha | servant your | H5650 → |
| אֲנִ֤י | 'a.Ni | I | H589 → |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | ha.Me.lekh | O king | H4428 → |
| אֶֽהְיֶ֔ה | 'eh.Yeh | I will be | H1961 → |
| עֶ֣בֶד | 'E.ved | [was] [the] servant of | H5650 → |
| אָבִ֤יךָ | 'a.Vi.kha | father your | H1 → |
| וַֽאֲנִי֙ | va.'a.Ni | <and> I | H589 → |
| מֵאָ֔ז | me.'Az | from then | H227 → |
| וְעַתָּ֖ה | ve.'a.Tah | and now | H6258 → |
| וַאֲנִ֣י | va.'a.Ni | <and> I | H589 → |
| עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ | 'av.De.kha | [will be] servant your | H5650 → |
| וְהֵפַרְתָּ֣ה | ve.he.far.Tah | and you will frustrate | H6565 → |
| לִ֔י | Li | for <the> me | |
| אֵ֖ת | 'et | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עֲצַ֥ת | 'a.Tzat | [the] counsel of | H6098 → |
| אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃ | 'a.chi.To.fel | Ahithophel | H302 → |
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