2 Samuel 15:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכָל־הָאָ֗רֶץ בּוֹכִים֙ ק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹל וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם עֹֽבְרִ֑ים וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֹבֵר֙ בְּנַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן וְכָל־הָעָם֙ עֹבְרִ֔ים עַל־פְּנֵי־דֶ֖רֶךְ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Transliteration

wə-ḵol-hā-ʾāreṣ bôḵîm qôl gāḏôl wə-ḵol-hā-ʿām ʿōḇrîm wə-ha-meleḵ ʿōḇēr bə-naḥal qiḏrôn wə-ḵol-hā-ʿām ʿōḇrîm ʿal-pənê-ḏereḵ ʾeṯ-ha-miḏbār

Grammar Details

*wə-ḵol*: conjunction + noun - and all
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the land
*bôḵîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - weeping
*qôl*: masculine singular noun construct - voice of
*gāḏôl*: masculine singular adjective - great/loud
*hā-ʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
*ʿōḇrîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - passing over
*wə-ha-meleḵ*: conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the king
*ʿōḇēr*: qal participle, masculine singular - passing over
*bə-naḥal*: preposition + masculine singular noun construct - in the brook/wadi of
*qiḏrôn*: proper noun - Kidron
*ʿal*-*pənê*: preposition + construct state of masculine plural noun - toward/in the direction of
*ḏereḵ*: masculine singular noun construct - way of
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*ha-miḏbār*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the wilderness

Word Meanings

*hā-ʾāreṣ*: the land/country/earth (metonymy for inhabitants)
*bôḵîm*: weeping/crying/lamenting
*qôl gāḏôl*: loud voice/great sound (adverbial accusative - 'with a loud voice')
*ʿōḇrîm*: passing over/crossing/proceeding
*naḥal*: brook/wadi/valley
*ʿal-pənê-ḏereḵ*: in the direction of the way/toward the road leading to
*miḏbār*: wilderness/desert/uncultivated land

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 16:2 : 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
1 Kgs 2:37 : 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
John 18:1 : 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
1 Kgs 15:13 : 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
2 Chr 29:16 : 16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
Matt 3:1 : 1 {G1161} In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matt 3:3 : 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Luke 1:80 : 80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Sam 15:22
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22And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
2 Sam 15:30
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30And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
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20And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
22Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
2 Sam 15:24
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2 Sam 19:38-40
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38And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
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2 Sam 17:24
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2 Sam 15:17-19
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17And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
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2 Sam 19:15
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2 Sam 13:36-37
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2 Sam 19:1-4
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2 Sam 19:31
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2 Sam 3:31-32
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2 Sam 18:33
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2 Sam 2:29
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2 Sam 18:2
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1 Sam 20:41
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