2 Samuel 9:8 BSB — MannaFest

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11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֕חוּ	vai.yish.Ta.chu	and he bowed down	H7812 →
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מֶ֣ה	meh	what?	H4100 →
עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ	'av.De.kha	[is] servant your	H5650 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
פָנִ֔יתָ	fa.Ni.ta	you have turned	H6437 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַכֶּ֥לֶב	ha.Ke.lev	the dog	H3611 →
הַמֵּ֖ת	ha.Met	<the> dead	H4191 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
כָּמֽוֹנִי׃	ka.Mo.ni	[is] like me	H3644 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 26:20
So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 24:14
  Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 25:29
  And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling…
Through
2 Samuel 16:9
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
leads to
- Exodus 22:28
  You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
- 2 Samuel 3:8
  Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to…
- Job 31:30–31
  I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
- 1 Samuel 26:6–11
  And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
Through
2 Samuel 3:8
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:9
  Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
- Mark 6:18–19
  For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Matthew 15:26–27But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”2 Samuel 16:9Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”1 Samuel 17:43“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.1 Samuel 24:14–15Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?2 Kings 8:13“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”Ruth 2:10At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”1 Samuel 26:20So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”2 Samuel 3:8Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!2 Samuel 24:20When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.

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