2 Samuel 5:8
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
כֵּן
-fore
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כֵּן
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
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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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עַל
there-
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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כֹּל
any
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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נָכָה
one who strikes
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נָכָה
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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עִוֵּר
a blind person
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עִוֵּר
blind (literally or figuratively)
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יְבוּסִי
of a Jebusite
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יְבוּסִי
a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus
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שָׂנֵא
who are hated
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שָׂנֵא
to hate (personally)
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