2 Samuel 12:16
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
חָנַן
chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
צוּם
tsûwm
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָנַן chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Study H2603 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
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?
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto...
And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
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