God & Savior

2 Samuel 1:8

‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
2 Samuel 1:8
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֖י מִי־אָ֑תָּה וָאֹמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו עֲמָלֵקִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי׃

  1. וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  2. לִ֖יli“to <the> me”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from Os1c · “me” · Strong's H9030
  3. מִי־mi-“who?”
    Pronoun, interrogative · from מִי · “who?” · Strong's H4310
  4. אָ֑תָּה'A.tah“[are] you”
    Pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אַתָּ֫ה · “you(m.s.)” · Strong's H0859A
  5. וָאֹמַ֣רvai.yo.mer“and I said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  6. אֵלָ֔יו'e.Lav“to him”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  7. עֲמָלֵקִ֖י'a.mal.Ki“[am] an Amalekite”
    Noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute · from עֲמָלֵקִי · “Amalekite” · Strong's H6003
  8. אָנֹֽכִי׃'a.No.khi“I”
    Pronoun, personal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אָֽנֹכִ֫י · “I” · Strong's H0595
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)