2 Samuel 5:6
Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
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ASV
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither; thinking, David cannot come in hither.
KJV
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ | vai.Ye.lekh | and he went | H1980 → |
| הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ | va.'a.na.Shav | and men his | H582 → |
| יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | ye.Ru.sha.Lim | Jerusalem | H3389 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | against | H413 → |
| הַיְבֻסִ֖י | hay.vu.Si | the Jebusite[s] | H2983 → |
| יוֹשֵׁ֣ב | yo.Shev | [the] inhabitant[s] of | H3427 → |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and it said | H559 → |
| לְדָוִ֤ד | le.da.Vid | to David | H1732 → |
| לֵאמֹר֙ | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| תָב֣וֹא | ta.Vo' | you will come | H935 → |
| הֵ֔נָּה | He.nah | here | H2008 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | except | H518 → |
| הֱסִֽירְךָ֗ | he.si.re.Kha | he will turn aside you | H5493 → |
| הַעִוְרִ֤ים | ha.'iv.Rim | the blind [people] | H5787 → |
| וְהַפִּסְחִים֙ | ve.ha.pis.Chim | and the lame [people] | H6455 → |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יָב֥וֹא | ya.Vo' | he will come | H935 → |
| דָוִ֖ד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| הֵֽנָּה׃ | He.nah | here | H2008 → |
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