1 Kings 2:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’

Young's Literal Translation
‘And lo, with thee [is] Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, and he reviled me—a grievous reviling—in the day of my going to Mahanaim; and he hath come down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swear to him by Jehovah, saying, I do not put thee to death by the sword;

King James Bible
And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

Hebrew
Keep an eye on
וְהִנֵּ֣ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

Shimei
שִֽׁמְעִ֨י (šim·‘î)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8096: Shimei -- the name of a number of Israelites

the son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Gera,
גֵּרָ֥א (gê·rā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1617: Gera -- the name of several Israelites, also a Benjamite family

the Benjamite
הַיְמִינִי֮ (hay·mî·nî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1145: Benjamite -- a Benjaminite

with you
עִ֠מְּךָ (‘im·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

from Bahurim
מִבַּחֻרִים֒ (mib·ba·ḥu·rîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 980: Bahurim -- 'young men's village', a city in Benjamin

[who]
וְה֤וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

called down bitter
נִמְרֶ֔צֶת (nim·re·ṣeṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 4834: To press, to be pungent, vehement, to irritate

curses against me
קִֽלְלַ֙נִי֙ (qil·la·nî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

on the day
בְּי֖וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

I went
לֶכְתִּ֣י (leḵ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to Mahanaim.
מַחֲנָ֑יִם (ma·ḥă·nā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4266: Mahanaim -- 'two camps', a place East of the Jordan

But he
וְהֽוּא־ (wə·hū-)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

came down
יָרַ֤ד (yā·raḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to meet me
לִקְרָאתִי֙ (liq·rā·ṯî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

at the Jordan,
הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine

and I swore
וָאֶשָּׁ֨בַֽע (wā·’eš·šā·ḇa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

to him
ל֤וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 0: 0

by the LORD:
בַֽיהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

‘I will never
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

kill you
אֲמִֽיתְךָ֖ (’ă·mî·ṯə·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

with the sword.’
בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (be·ḥā·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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