2 Samuel 16:9
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Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.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!”
In other translations
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.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!”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲבִישַׁי'avishaiAbishaiH52בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121צְרוּיָהtzeruyahZeruiahH6870אֶל־'el-toH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100יְקַלֵּלyekalelwill he curseH7043הַכֶּלֶבhakelevthe dogH3611הַמֵּתhamet<the> deadH4191הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲדֹנִי'adonilord myH113הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶעְבְּרָה־'e'berah-let me pass overH5674נָּאna'pleaseH4994וְאָסִירָהve'asirahand let me removeH5493אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853רֹאשׁוֹ׃ סroshohead hisH7218
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
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- Acts 23:5Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
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- Luke 9:54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
- 2 Samuel 3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
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