2 Samuel 20:19
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I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
In other translations
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
Hebrew words
אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595שְׁלֻמֵיshelumei[am] [the] peaceful [ones] ofH7999אֱמוּנֵי'emunei[the] faithful [ones] ofH529יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אַתָּה'atahyouH859מְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh[are] seekingH1245לְהָמִיתlehamitto killH4191עִיר'ira cityH5892וְאֵםve'emand a motherH517בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbeyisra'elin IsraelH3478לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100תְבַלַּעtevala'will you swallow upH1104נַחֲלַתnachalat[the] inheritance ofH5159יְהוָה׃ פyahwehYahwehH3068
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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