Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son? Young's Literal Translation And the woman saith, ‘And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God? yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king hath not brought back his outcast; King James Bible And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. Hebrew The womanהָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה (hā·’iš·šāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female asked, וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Why וְלָ֧מָּה (wə·lām·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have you devised חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה (ḥā·šaḇ·tāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2803: To think, account a thing like this כָּזֹ֖את (kā·zōṯ) Preposition-k | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the people עַ֣ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of God? אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative When the king הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king says וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר (ū·mid·dab·bêr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue this, הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that does he not convict himself, כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם (kə·’ā·šêm) Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 818: Guilty, presenting a, sin-offering since [he] הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king has not לְבִלְתִּ֛י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until brought back הָשִׁ֥יב (hā·šîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again his own banished [son]? נִדְּחֽוֹ׃ (nid·də·ḥōw) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5080: To impel, thrust, banish |
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