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2 Samuel 3:35

Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

BSB

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ASV

And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.

KJV

And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

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28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'and it cameH935
כָל־khol-allH3605
הָעָ֗םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לְהַבְר֧וֹתle.hav.Rotto make to eatH1262
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
דָּוִ֛דda.VidDavidH1732
לֶ֖חֶםLe.chembreadH3899
בְּע֣וֹדbe.'odwhile stillH5750
הַיּ֑וֹםhai.Yom<the> dayH3117
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvai.yi.sha.Va'and he swore an oathH7650
דָּוִ֜דda.VidDavidH1732
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
כֹּ֣הkohthusH3541
יַעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-may he doH6213
לִּ֤יlito <the> me
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430
וְכֹ֣הve.Khohand thusH3541
יֹסִ֔יףyo.Sifmay he addH3254
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
אִם־'im-exceptH518
לִפְנֵ֧יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
בֽוֹא־Vo'-goesH935
הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁha.She.meshthe sunH8121
אֶטְעַם־'et.'am-I will tasteH2938
לֶ֖חֶםLe.chembreadH3899
א֥וֹ'oorH176
כָל־khol-allH3605
מְאֽוּמָה׃me.'U.mahanythingH3972

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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