2 Samuel 12:22

Bible › 2 Samuel › Chapter 12 › Verse 22

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

In other translations

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559בְּעוֹדbe'odwhile stillH5750הַיֶּלֶדhaiyeledthe childH3206חַיchai[was] aliveH2416צַמְתִּיtzamtiI fastedH6684וָאֶבְכֶּהva'evkehand I weptH1058כִּיkiforH3588אָמַרְתִּי'amartiI saidH559מִיmiwho?H4310יוֹדֵעַyodea'[is] knowingH3045וְחַנַּנִיyechananiand he will show favor to meH2603יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וְחַיvechaiand he will liveH2421הַיָּלֶד׃haiyaledthe childH3206

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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