2 Samuel 5:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

Young's Literal Translation
and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, ‘Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries,

King James Bible
And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; [but] fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

Hebrew
So David
דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

inquired
וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (way·yiš·’al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

of the LORD,
בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

who answered,
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

march straight up,
תַעֲלֶ֑ה (ṯa·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

but circle
הָסֵב֙ (hā·sêḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

around
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

behind
אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם (’a·ḥă·rê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

them and attack
וּבָ֥אתָ (ū·ḇā·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

them
לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

in front
מִמּ֥וּל (mim·mūl)
Preposition-m
Strong's 4136: Abrupt, a precipice, the front, opposite

of the balsam trees.
בְּכָאִֽים׃ (bə·ḵā·’îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1057: The weeping tree

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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