2 Samuel 16:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

Young's Literal Translation
And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, ‘Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said [so] to him;

King James Bible
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

Hebrew
Then David
דָּוִ֤ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

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

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

Abishai
אֲבִישַׁי֙ (’ă·ḇî·šay)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 52: Abishai -- 'my father is Jesse', an Israelite name

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his servants,
עֲבָדָ֔יו (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

“Behold,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

my own son,
בְנִ֛י (ḇə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1121: A son

my own flesh and blood,
מִמֵּעַ֖י (mim·mê·‘ay)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4578: The intestines, the abdomen, sympathy, a vest, the stomach, the uterus, the heart

seeks
מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (mə·ḇaq·qêš)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

my life.
נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

How much more,
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

then,
עַתָּ֜ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

[this] Benjamite!
הַיְמִינִ֗י (hay·mî·nî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1145: Benjamite -- a Benjaminite

Leave him alone
הַנִּ֤חוּ (han·ni·ḥū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

and let him curse me,
וִֽיקַלֵּ֔ל (wî·qal·lêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

for the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has told
אָֽמַר־ (’ā·mar-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

him
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

so.
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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