2 Samuel 21:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

Young's Literal Translation
And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them—as to the Gibeonites, they [are] not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah—

King James Bible
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah. )

Hebrew
At this, David
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

summoned
וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

the Gibeonites
וְהַגִּבְעֹנִ֞ים (wə·hag·giḇ·‘ō·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 1393: Gibeonites -- inhabitants of Gibeon

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

to them.
אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

(Now the Gibeonites
לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים (lag·giḇ·‘ō·nîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 1393: Gibeonites -- inhabitants of Gibeon

were
הֵ֗מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

Israelites,
מִבְּנֵ֧י (mib·bə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

but
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

a remnant
מִיֶּ֣תֶר (mî·ye·ṯer)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope

of the Amorites.
הָאֱמֹרִ֔י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe

The Israelites
וּבְנֵ֤י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

had taken an oath concerning them,
נִשְׁבְּע֣וּ (niš·bə·‘ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

but in his zeal
בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ (bə·qan·nō·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7065: To be, zealous, jealous, envious

for Israel
לִבְנֵֽי־ (liḇ·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

and Judah,
וִיהוּדָֽה׃ (wî·hū·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

Saul
שָׁאוּל֙ (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

had sought
וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (way·ḇaq·qêš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

to kill them.)
לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם (lə·hak·kō·ṯām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5221: To strike

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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