Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2009 [e] הִנֵּ֨ה hin-nêh Behold Interjection 6258 [e] עַתָּ֤ה ‘at-tāh now Adv 1931 [e] הֽוּא־ hū- he Pro-3ms 2244 [e] נֶחְבָּא֙ neḥ-bā is hidden V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms 259 [e] בְּאַחַ֣ת bə-’a-ḥaṯ in one Prep-b | Number-fsc 6354 [e] הַפְּחָתִ֔ים hap-pə-ḥā-ṯîm of the pits Art | N-mp 176 [e] א֖וֹ ’ōw or Conj 259 [e] בְּאַחַ֣ד bə-’a-ḥaḏ in one Prep-b | Number-msc 4725 [e] הַמְּקוֹמֹ֑ת ham-mə-qō-w-mōṯ of the places Art | N-mp 1961 [e] וְהָיָ֗ה wə-hā-yāh And it will come to pass Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms 5307 [e] כִּנְפֹ֤ל kin-p̄ōl when some fall Prep-k | V-Qal-Inf [e] בָּהֶם֙ bā-hem among them Prep-b | 3mp 8462 [e] בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה bat-tə-ḥil-lāh at the first Prep-b, Art | N-fs 8085 [e] וְשָׁמַ֤ע wə-šā-ma‘ that the hearer Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms 8085 [e] הַשֹּׁמֵ֙עַ֙ haš-šō-mê-a‘ will hear Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 559 [e] וְאָמַ֔ר wə-’ā-mar and say Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms 1961 [e] הָֽיְתָה֙ hā-yə-ṯāh There is V-Qal-Perf-3fs 4046 [e] מַגֵּפָ֔ה mag-gê-p̄āh a slaughter N-fs 5971 [e] בָּעָ֕ם bā-‘ām among the people Prep-b, Art | N-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֖ר ’ă-šer who Pro-r 310 [e] אַחֲרֵ֥י ’a-ḥă-rê follow Prep 53 [e] אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ ’aḇ-šā-lōm Absalom N-proper-ms

Berean Study Bible
Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

Young's Literal Translation
lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves or some other place. If some of our troops fall first , someone is sure to hear and say, ‘ There’s been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the caves or in another place; and it will be when he falls on them at the first attack, that whoever hears [it] will say, 'There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'

King James Bible
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. 2 Samuel 17:9 • 2 Samuel 17:9 NIV • 2 Samuel 17:9 NLT • 2 Samuel 17:9 ESV • 2 Samuel 17:9 NASB • 2 Samuel 17:9 KJV • 2 Samuel 17:9 Biblia Paralela • 2 Samuel 17:9 Chinese Bible • 2 Samuel 17:9 French Bible • 2 Samuel 17:9 German Bible

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