2 Samuel 2:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יְדֵיכֶ֗ם וִֽהְיוּ֙ לִבְנֵי־חַ֔יִל כִּי־מֵ֖ת אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֣ם שָׁא֑וּל וְגַם־אֹתִ֗י מָשְׁח֧וּ בֵית־יְהוּדָ֛ה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And now teḥĕzaqnâ yədêḵem and wî-hyû as lî-ḇnê-ḥayil because mēt ʾădōnêḵem Šāʾûl and also ʾōtî māšḥû bêt-Yəhûdâ for meleḵ over them.

Grammar Details

*teḥĕzaqnâ*: qal imperfect 3fp with paragogic nun - let be strengthened
*yədêḵem*: plural construct noun + 2mp suffix - your hands
*wî-hyû*: conjunction + qal imperative mp - and be
*lî-ḇnê-ḥayil*: preposition + construct state plural noun + noun - as sons of valor
*mēt*: qal perfect 3ms - he died/is dead
*ʾădōnêḵem*: noun + 2mp suffix - your lord
*Šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
*ʾōtî*: direct object marker + 1cs suffix - me
*māšḥû*: qal perfect 3cp - they anointed
*bêt-Yəhûdâ*: construct state noun + proper noun - house of Judah
*meleḵ*: noun ms - king

Word Meanings

*teḥĕzaqnâ*: let be strengthened/be strong
*wî-hyû*: and be/and become
*lî-ḇnê-ḥayil*: as sons of valor/as valiant men/as men of courage
*mēt*: died/is dead
*ʾădōnêḵem*: your lord/your master
*māšḥû*: they anointed/they consecrated
*bêt-Yəhûdâ*: house of Judah/people of Judah
*meleḵ*: king/ruler

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Referenced Verses

Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
1 Sam 4:9 : 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
1 Sam 31:7 : 7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
1 Sam 31:12 : 12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
2 Sam 10:12 : 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

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