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2 Samuel 24:8

“So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שׁוּטshûwṭ · shoot
H7751 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
go (about, through, to and fro), mariner, rower, run to and fro.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יָּשֻׁ֖טוּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage
Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 11:82 Samuel 24:22 Chronicles 16:9Job 1:7Job 2:2

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 שׁוּט here.

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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.