2 Samuel 20:3
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
נוּחַ
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
confinement
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מִשְׁמֶרֶת
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
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דָּוִד
David
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דָּוִד
David. Beloved. The shepherd boy who became king. A man after God's own heart. God chooses the surrendered heart not the impressive resume.
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מוּת
died/ they
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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בַּיִת
a house of
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בַּיִת
House, household, family. Bayith. In My Father's house are many rooms. God has a home prepared for everyone who belongs to Him.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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יוֹם
the day
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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צָרַר
locked up
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צָרַר
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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עֶשֶׂר
the ten
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עֶשֶׂר
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
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פִּילֶגֶשׁ
concubines
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פִּילֶגֶשׁ
a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
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חַיּוּת
living
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חַיּוּת
life
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