2 Samuel 24:17
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
חָטָא
châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָטָא châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Study H2398 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of t...
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one...
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
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