2 Samuel 20:3 Hebrew Word Analysis

21cameבָ֑אh935
1And Davidדָוִ֣דh1732
2אֶלh413
16the houseבֵּיתh1004
4at Jerusalemיְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒h3389
5tookוַיִּקַּ֣חh3947
6and the kingהַמֶּ֡לֶךְh4428
7אֵ֣תh853
8the tenעֶֽשֶׂרh6235
9womenנָשִׁ֣ים׀h802
10his concubinesפִּֽלַגְשִׁ֡יםh6370
11אֲשֶׁ֣רh834
12whom he had leftהִנִּיחַ֩h3240
13to keepלִשְׁמֹ֨רh8104
16the houseבֵּיתh1004
15and putוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤םh5414
16the houseבֵּיתh1004
17them in wardמִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙h4931
18and fedוַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔םh3557
19וַֽאֲלֵיהֶ֖םh413
20לֹאh3808
21cameבָ֑אh935
22וַתִּֽהְיֶ֧ינָהh1961
23unto them So they were shut upצְרֻר֛וֹתh6887
24עַדh5704
25unto the dayי֥וֹםh3117
26מֻתָ֖ןh4194
27in widowhoodאַלְמְנ֥וּתh491
28livingחַיּֽוּת׃h2424

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and fed them, but went not in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

World English Bible (WEB)

David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.