2 Samuel 22:46

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

בני בְּנֵי

sons/my son

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בן

bên

Definition

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Root

from H1129 (בנה);

Exhaustive

from בנה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1121

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בֵּן

masc. noun • Root בין • Strongs / High • Page 253

1. A child, begotten, born, often without distinction of sex (frequently pluralized as children). 2. Specifically, a son, a male child (opposite daughter). 3. Used metaphorically to denote personal characteristics (virtuous or vicious personality, heir of virtue/vice) or objects (e.g., young animals, plants, or inanimate objects). 4. A grandson; also used as boy, youth, prince, heir to the throne.

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: υἱοὶ υἱὸσ υἱῶν υἱοῦ υἱοῖσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1121a:

υἱοὶ 1075× (22.0%)

υἱὸσ 753× (16.8%)

υἱῶν 607× (12.2%)

υἱοῦ 368× (8.1%)

υἱοῖσ 329× (6.1%)

υἱοὺσ 292× (5.7%)

υἱὸν 213× (4.6%)

--- 116× (2.6%)

υἱὲ 96× (2.2%)

'' 84× (1.6%)

נכר נֵכָר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נכר

nêkâr

Definition

foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom

Root

' from H5234 (נכר);

Exhaustive

' from נכר; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom; alien, strange ([phrase] -er).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5236

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נֵכָר

noun masculine • Root נכר • Strongs / High • Page 972

Anything strange; a strange land, opposite to home; a heathen or non-Israelite; a heathen land, god, woman, or worship.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נֵכָר

verb • Root נכר • Page 445

Foreignness, a strange place (Deut. 31:16); a stranger (Gen. 17:12, 27; Ex. 12:43). Also used for an enemy (Ps. 18:45, 46) and strange gods (Gen. 35:2).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἀλλοτρίουσ ἀλλότριοι ἀλλοτρίων ἀλλοτρίου ἀλλογενὴσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5236:

ἀλλοτρίουσ 7× (17.3%)

ἀλλότριοι 5× (14.2%)

ἀλλοτρίων 4× (10.9%)

ἀλλοτρίου 3× (8.5%)

ἀλλογενὴσ 3× (8.1%)

ἀλλογενῶν 2× (5.7%)

ἀλλογενεῖσ 2× (5.7%)

ἀλλοτρίοισ 2× (5.7%)

יבלו יִבּלוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נבל

nâbêl

Definition

to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace; disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5034

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָבֵל

verb • Root נבל • Strongs / High • Page 938

I. 1. to wither, to fade, to decay, to ruin, to be desolate, to vanish. 2. to act foolishly; to be morally decaying, perverse, disgraced, dishonourable.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָבֵל

verb • Page 423

1. to wither, to fall off; spoken of leaves and flowers (Ps. 1:3; Is. 1:30). 2. to sink down, to be exhausted (Ex. 18:18; Is. 24:4). 3. to act foolishly, wickedly (Prov. 30:32). Pi. נִבֵּל: to lightly esteem, to reject (Deut. 32:15; Mic. 7:6); to disgrace, dishonour (Nah. 3:6).

נֵבֶל and נֶבֶל

m. plur. נְבָלִים • Page 423

1. a vessel, bottle; particularly an earthen wine bottle (Is. 30:14; Lam. 4:2). Metaphorically נִבְלֵי-שָׁמַיִם 'the bottles of heaven' (Job 38:37). 2. the name of a musical instrument, a kind of harp or lyre (Ps. 33:2; 144:9), represented as having 12 strings.

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX: ἐπένθησεν φθορᾷ ὡσ καταφθαρήσῃ ἐκπεσὸν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5034b:

ἐπένθησεν 2× (6.5%)

φθορᾷ 2× (6.5%)

ὡσ 2× (6.0%)

καταφθαρήσῃ 2× (5.5%)

ἐκπεσὸν 2× (5.5%)

ἀνυπομονήτῳ 2× (4.5%)

ויחגרו וְיַחְגְּרוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חגר

châgar

Definition

to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.); be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2296

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָגַר

verb • Root חגר • Strongs / High • Page 458

1. To bind firmly about, to enclose, to gird about, to wrap round. 2. By transposition from חָרַג, to tremble, to quake, to flee trembling.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָגַר

verb • Page 214

1. to gird, to gird up, to gird on. It is construed with an accus. of the part girded (Prov. 31:17; 2 K. 4:29; 9:1), or with an accus. of the garment or girdle (1 Sam. 17:39; 25:13; Ps. 45:4; Is. 15:3; Jer. 49:3; 2 K. 3:21; Joel 1:8, 13; 2 Sam. 21:16; Ps. 65:13; 76:11). 2. to gird one's self (Ezek. 44:18; 1 K. 20:11; 2 Sam. 22:46).

Conjunction, Verb Qal third person masculine plural

LXX: περιζώσασθε περιεζωσμένοσ περιεζωσμένοι ἔζωσεν ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H2296:

περιζώσασθε 6× (14.5%)

περιεζωσμένοσ 3× (7.4%)

περιεζωσμένοι 3× (7.0%)

ἔζωσεν 3× (6.3%)

'' 3× (6.3%)

ζῶσαι 2× (4.9%)

περίζωσαι 2× (4.9%)

περιεζώσαντο 2× (4.6%)

περιζώσονται 2× (4.6%)

ממסגרותם מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָם׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מסגרת

miçgereth

Definition

something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold

Root

from H5462 (סגר);

Exhaustive

from סגר; something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold; border, close place, hole.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4526

הם

Definition

their, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9028

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִסְגֶּרֶת

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 875

1. The enclosing, hence a border, ledge, or margin. 2. The enclosed or bordered area, hence a fortress or enclosure; in architecture, an enclosed panel or stamped figure.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִסְגֶּרֶת

noun feminine • Root סגר • Page 387

1. a prison. Ps. 18:46. Mic. 7:17. 2. a border, ridge. Ex. 25:25 ff. 37:14. 3. ornaments or decorations of the brazen bases or stands for the molten sea. 1 K. 7:28-36, 2 K. 16:17.

Prep-M, Noun common feminine plural construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX: '' συγκλείσματα σύγκλειστον στεφάνην αὐτῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4526:

'' 4× (23.6%)

συγκλείσματα 4× (21.5%)

σύγκλειστον 2× (12.8%)

στεφάνην 2× (12.8%)

αὐτῆσ 2× (7.6%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The sons of the stranger shall fail, and be girded from their enclosings.

LITV Translation:
Thee sons of strangers fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
The strange children shall be cast away, And shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.