KJV: Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
YLT: and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, 'For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?'
Darby: And Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? and how long shall it be ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
ASV: Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
| וַיִּקְרָ֨א | And called |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קָרָא Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim. |
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| אַבְנֵ֜ר | Abner |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִינֵר Sense: Saul’s cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab. |
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| יוֹאָ֗ב | Joab |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄואָב Sense: son of David’s sister Zeruiah and general of David’s army. |
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| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | and said |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| ؟ הֲלָנֶ֙צַח֙ | shall forever |
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Parse: Article, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: נֵצַח Sense: eminence, perpetuity, strength, victory, enduring, everlastingness. |
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| תֹּ֣אכַל | devour |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed. |
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| חֶ֔רֶב | the sword |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: חֶרֶב Sense: sword, knife. |
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| הֲל֣וֹא | do not |
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Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no. |
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| יָדַ֔עְתָּה | you know |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know. |
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| כִּֽי־ | that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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| מָרָ֥ה | bitter |
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Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: מַר Sense: bitter, bitterness. |
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| תִהְיֶ֖ה | it will be |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| ؟ בָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה | in the latter end |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Adjective, feminine singular Root: אַחֲרֹון Sense: behind, following, subsequent, western. |
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| וְעַד־ | then how |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: עַד Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as. |
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| מָתַי֙ | long |
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Parse: Interrogative Root: מָתַי Sense: when?. |
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| לֹֽא־ | not you |
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Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no. |
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| תֹאמַ֣ר | will it be until you tell |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| לָעָ֔ם | the people |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people. |
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| לָשׁ֖וּב | to return |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back. |
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| מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י | from pursuing |
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Parse: Preposition-m Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time). |
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| ؟ אֲחֵיהֶֽם | their brothers |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: אָח Sense: brother. |
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