2 Samuel 20:3
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
בִּלְהָה
Bilhâh
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מִשְׁמָר
mishmâr
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
רָעָה
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
סָגַר
çâgar
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
בִּלְהָה Bilhâh
Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine
Study H1090 →רָעָה râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Study H7462 →מִשְׁמָר mishmâr
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
Study H4929 →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 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
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