2 Samuel 21:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So they saidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙
(vai·yo·me·ru)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to the king,הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
(ham·me·lech,)
4428: kingfrom an unused word
"The manהָאִישׁ֙
(ha·'ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
consumedכִּלָּ֔נוּ
(kil·la·nu,)
3615: to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spenta prim. root
us and whoוַאֲשֶׁ֖ר
(va·'a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
plannedדִּמָּה־
(dim·mah-)
1819: to be like, resemblea prim. root
to exterminateנִשְׁמַ֕דְנוּ
(nish·mad·nu)
8045: to be exterminated or destroyeda prim. root
us from remainingמֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב
(me·hit·ya·tzev)
3320: to set or station oneself, take one's standa prim. root
within anyבְּכָל־
(be·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
borderגְּבֻ֥ל
(ge·vul)
1366: border, boundary, territoryfrom an unused word
of Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
(yis·ra·'el.)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el


















KJV Lexicon
And they answered
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
the king
melek  (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
The man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
that consumed
kalah  (kaw-law')
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
us and that devised
damah  (daw-maw')
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider -- compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
against us that we should be destroyed
shamad  (shaw-mad')
to desolate -- destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, utterly.
from remaining
yatsab  (yaw-tsab')
to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
in any of the coasts
gbuwl  (gheb-ool')
a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed -- border, bound, coast, great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel,

King James Bible
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They replied to the king, "As for the man who annihilated us and plotted to destroy us so we would not exist within the whole territory of Israel,

International Standard Version
They told the king, "The man who consumed us, who planned our destruction—intending to leave us with nothing in the territory of Israel—

NET Bible
They replied to the king, "As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel--

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They answered the king, "Give us seven of the male descendants of the man who wanted to finish us off. He planned to wipe us out to keep us from staying anywhere in Israel's territory.

King James 2000 Bible
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the territory of Israel,
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