2 Samuel 3:38
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The king also said to his servants: Do you not know that a prince and a great man is slain this day in Israel?

a prince

2 Samuel 3:12 Abner therefore sent messengers to David for himself, saying: Whose is the land? and that they should say: Make a league with me, and my hand shall be with thee: and I will bring all Israel to thee.

2 Samuel 2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp,

1 Samuel 14:50,51 And the name of Saul's wife was Achinoam, the daughter of Achimaas; and the name of the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, the cousin german of Saul. . . .

Job 32:9 They that are aged are not the wise men, neither do the ancients understand judgment.

Context
David Mourns for Abner
37And all the people, and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing, that Abner the son of Ner was slain. 38The king also said to his servants: Do you not know that a prince and a great man is slain this day in Israel?39But I as yet am tender, though anointed king. And these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for me: the Lord reward him that doth evil according to his wickedness.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:37
And all the people, and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing, that Abner the son of Ner was slain.

2 Samuel 3:39
But I as yet am tender, though anointed king. And these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for me: the Lord reward him that doth evil according to his wickedness.

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

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

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

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

“Do you not
הֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

realize
תֵדְע֔וּ (ṯê·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a great
וְגָד֗וֹל (wə·ḡā·ḏō·wl)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

prince
שַׂ֣ר (śar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

has fallen
נָפַ֛ל (nā·p̄al)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

today
הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

in Israel?
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (bə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


Additional Translations
Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?And the king said to his servants, Know you not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that a great prince is this day fallen in Israel?

And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there hath a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

And the king saith unto his servants, 'Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?
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