2 Samuel 20:21
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The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
In other translations
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-[is] notH3808כֵןkhensoH3651הַדָּבָרhadavarthe matterH1697כִּיkiforH3588אִישׁ'isha manH376מֵהַרmeharfrom [the] hill country ofH2022אֶפְרַיִם'efrayimEphraimH669שֶׁבַעsheva'[who is] ShebaH7652בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121בִּכְרִיbikhriBicriH1075שְׁמוֹshemoname hisH8034נָשָׂאnasa'he has lifted upH5375יָדוֹyadohand hisH3027בַּמֶּלֶךְbamelekhagainst the kingH4428בְּדָוִדbedavidagainst DavidH1732תְּנוּ־tenu-giveH5414אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853לְבַדּוֹlevadoto only himH905וְאֵלְכָהve'elekhahso let me goH1980מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802אֶל־'el-toH413יוֹאָבyo'avJoabH3097הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009רֹאשׁוֹroshohead hisH7218מֻשְׁלָךְmushlakh[is] about to be thrownH7993אֵלֶיךָ'eleikhato youH413בְּעַדbe'adbehindH1157הַחוֹמָה׃hachomahthe wallH2346
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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People and places
People: Bichri, David, Ephraim, Joab, Sheba (son of Bichri)