2 Samuel 14:11
Old Testament • 24 words with Strong's data
"Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
זָכַר
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
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...
יֵשׁ
yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
גָּאַל
gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּאַל gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Study H1350 →יֵשׁ yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
Study H3426 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →זָכַר zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Study H2142 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →Cross References
And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath...
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose...
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
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