2 Samuel 12:22
He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’This verse in the real world
When
Who
In what words
- צוּםtsûwmto cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
- חָנַןchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to im
- יֶלֶדyeledsomething born, i.e. a lad or offspring
- בָּכָהbâkâhto weep; generally to bemoan
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 38:5, Isa 38:1–3, Jon 3:9–10, Jol 2:14, Jon 1:6, Jol 1:14, Jas 4:9–10, Amo 5:15