2 Samuel 14:32
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Absalom saith unto Joab, ‘Lo, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, and I send thee unto the king to say, Why have I come in from Geshur?—good for me while I [am] there—and now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is in me iniquity then thou hast put me to death.’

King James Bible
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.

Hebrew
“Look,”
הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

said
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Absalom,
אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם (’aḇ·šā·lō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

“I sent
שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי (šā·laḥ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

for
אֵלֶ֣יךָ ׀ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

you and said,
לֵאמֹ֡ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Come
בֹּ֣א (bō)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

here.
הֵ֠נָּה (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's 2008: Hither, thither

I want to send
וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ (wə·’eš·lə·ḥāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

you to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the king
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

to ask:
לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Why
לָ֤מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have I come back
בָּ֙אתִי֙ (bā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

from Geshur?
מִגְּשׁ֔וּר (mig·gə·šūr)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1650: Geshur -- a territory East of the upper Jordan, also inhabitants of Geshur

[It would be] better
ט֥וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

for me
לִ֖י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

[if] I [were]
אֲנִי־ (’ă·nî-)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

still
עֹ֣ד (‘ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

there.’
שָׁ֑ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

So now,
וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

let me see
אֶרְאֶה֙ (’er·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

the king's
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

face,
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

and if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

there is
יֶשׁ־ (yeš-)
Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

iniquity
עָוֺ֖ן (‘ā·wōn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

in me,
בִּ֥י (bî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

let him kill me.”
וֶהֱמִתָֽנִי׃ (we·hĕ·mi·ṯā·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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