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2 Samuel 16:13
“And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3212 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H1980 (הָלַךְ));
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יֵּ֧לֶךְ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 1,044 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:14Genesis 7:18Genesis 9:23Genesis 11:31Genesis 12:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָלַךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.