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2 Samuel 15:14

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← 2 Samuel 15:13	2 Samuel 15:14 (KJV)	2 Samuel 15:15 →
And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.	And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not [else] escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.	And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants [are ready to do] whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And David^H1732 said^H559 unto all his servants^H5650 that were with him at Jerusalem^H3389, Arise^H6965, and let us flee^H1272; for we shall not else escape^H6413 from^H6440 Absalom^H53: make speed^H4116 to depart^H3212, lest he overtake^H5381 us suddenly^H4116, and bring^H5080 evil^H7451 upon us, and smite^H5221 the city^H5892 with the edge^H6310 of the sword^H2719.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לְכָל־עֲבָדָיו אֲשֶׁר־אִתֹּו בִירוּשָׁלִַם קוּמוּ וְנִבְרָחָה כִּי לֹא־תִהְיֶה־לָּנוּ פְלֵיטָה מִפְּנֵי אַבְשָׁלֹום מַהֲרוּ לָלֶכֶת פֶּן־יְמַהֵר וְהִשִּׂגָנוּ וְהִדִּיחַ עָלֵינוּ אֶת־הָרָעָה וְהִכָּה הָעִיר לְפִי־חָרֶב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
דָּ֠וִד	Da.vid	H1732	HNp	David
לְ/כָל	le./khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	to/ all
עֲבָדָ֨י/ו	'a.va.Da/v	H5650	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	servants/ his
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	who
אִתּ֤/וֹ	'i.T/o	H854	HR/Sp3ms	(were) with/ him
בִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙	vi./ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HR/Np	in/ Jerusalem
ק֣וּמוּ	Ku.mu	H6965	HVqv2mp	arise
וְ/נִבְרָ֔חָה	ve./niv.Ra.chah	H1272	HC/Vqh1cp	so/ let us flee
כִּ֛י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
תִֽהְיֶה	tih.yeh-	H1961	HVqi3fs	it will belong
לָּ֥/נוּ	La./nu		HR/Sp1cp	to (the)/ us
פְלֵיטָ֖ה	fe.lei.Tah	H6413	HNcfsa	an escape
מִ/פְּנֵ֣י	mi./pe.Nei	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	from/ before
אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	H53	HNp	Absalom
מַהֲר֣וּ	ma.ha.Ru	H4116	HVpv2mp	hurry
לָ/לֶ֗כֶת	la./Le.khet	H3212	HR/Vqc	to/ go
פֶּן	pen-	H6435	HC	lest
יְמַהֵ֤ר	ye.ma.Her	H4116	HVpi3ms	he should hurry
וְ/הִשִּׂגָ֨/נוּ֙	ve./hi.si.Ga./nu	H5381	HC/Vhq3ms/Sp1cp	and/ he will overtake/ us
וְ/הִדִּ֤יחַ	ve./hi.Di.ach	H5080	HC/Vhq3ms	and/ he will thrust
עָלֵ֨י/נוּ֙	'a.Lei./nu	H5921	HR/Sp1cp	on/ us
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָ֣/רָעָ֔ה	ha./ra.'Ah	H7451	HTd/Ncfsa	(the)/ calamity
וְ/הִכָּ֥ה	ve./hi.Kah	H5221	HC/Vhq3ms	and/ he will strike
הָ/עִ֖יר	ha./'Ir	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ city
לְ/פִי	le./fi-	H6310	HR/Ncmsc	to/ (the) mouth of
חָֽרֶב	Cha.rev	H2719	HNcfsa	(the) sword

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H53 — אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (ʼĂbîyshâlôwm, ab-ee-shaw-lome'): or (shortened) אַבְשָׁלוֹם ; from אָב and שָׁלוֹם; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite; Abishalom, Absalom.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1272 — בָּרַח (bârach, baw-rakh'): a primitive root; to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly; chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H2719 — חֶרֶב (chereb, kheh'-reb): from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H4116 — מָהַר (mâhar, maw-har'): a primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly; be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swift.
• H5080 — נָדַח (nâdach, naw-dakh'): a primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.); banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.
• H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
• H5381 — נָשַׂג (nâsag, naw-sag'): a primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively); ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, [idiom] surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
• H6413 — פְּלֵיטָה (pᵉlêyṭâh, pel-ay-taw'): or פְּלֵטָה; feminine of פָּלִיט; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion; deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6965 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H6435 — פֵּן (pên, pane): from פָּנָה; properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest; (lest) (peradventure), that...not.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• and smite — 2 Samuel 23:16-17, Psalms 51:18, Psalms 55:3-11, Psalms 137:5-6
• Arise — 2 Samuel 19:9, Psalms 3:1
• bring — Ezekiel 46:18, Matthew 11:12, Luke 10:15

Reciprocal references (5): 1 Samuel 23:26, 2 Samuel 17:16, Psalms 55:5, Psalms 55:7, Psalms 64:4

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ABSALOM, COURAGE-FEAR, HASTE-DELAY, JERUSALEM
• Nave’s: COWARDICE, DAVID

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