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2 Samuel 11

2 Sam. 11:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
messengers
mal'ak (Hebrew #4397)
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV usage: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Pronounce: mal-awk'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
, and took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
her; and she came in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto him, andi he lay
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
with her; ηfor she was purified
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
k from her uncleanness
tum'ah (Hebrew #2932)
religious impurity
KJV usage: filthiness, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: toom-aw'
Origin: from 2930
: and she returned
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
unto her house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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Psa. 51•  (Psa. 51)
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James 1:14‑15• 14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
 15then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death. (James 1:14‑15)
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or, and when she had purified herself,&c. she returned.
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Lev. 15:19‑28• 19And if a woman have a flux, and her flux in her flesh be blood, she shall be seven days in her separation, and whoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
 20And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
 21And whoever toucheth her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 22And whoever toucheth any object that she sat upon shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 23And if it be on the bed, or on anything whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
 24And if a man lie with her at all, and the uncleanness of her separation come upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
 25And if a woman have her flux of blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if she have the flux beyond the time of her separation, all the days of the flux of her uncleanness shall she be as in the days of her separation: she is unclean.
 26Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her flux shall be unto her as the bed of her separation; and every object on which she sitteth shall be unclean, according to the uncleanness of her separation.
 27And whoever toucheth them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 28And if she be cleansed of her flux then she shall count seven days, and after that she shall be clean. (Lev. 15:19‑28)
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Lev. 18:19• 19And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness. (Lev. 18:19)

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Cross References

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sent messengers.
Gen. 39:7• 7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me! (Gen. 39:7)
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Job 31:9‑11• 9If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,
 10Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
 11For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity to be judged by the judges: (Job 31:9‑11)
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Psa. 50:18• 18When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers; (Psa. 50:18)
he lay.
Psa. 51:1• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)
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Psa. 51•  (Psa. 51)
:*title;
James 1:14‑15• 14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
 15then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death. (James 1:14‑15)
she was, etc.
or, and when she had purified herself, etc.,she returned.
Prov. 30:20• 20Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. (Prov. 30:20)
purified.
Lev. 12:2‑5• 2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a male, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the separation of her infirmity shall she be unclean.
 3And on the eighth day shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised.
 4And she shall continue thirty-three days in the blood of her cleansing; no holy thing shall she touch, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her cleansing are fulfilled.
 5And if she bear a female, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation; and she shall continue sixty-six days in the blood of her cleansing. (Lev. 12:2‑5)
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Lev. 15:19‑28,29‑33• 19And if a woman have a flux, and her flux in her flesh be blood, she shall be seven days in her separation, and whoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
 20And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
 21And whoever toucheth her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 22And whoever toucheth any object that she sat upon shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 23And if it be on the bed, or on anything whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
 24And if a man lie with her at all, and the uncleanness of her separation come upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
 25And if a woman have her flux of blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if she have the flux beyond the time of her separation, all the days of the flux of her uncleanness shall she be as in the days of her separation: she is unclean.
 26Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her flux shall be unto her as the bed of her separation; and every object on which she sitteth shall be unclean, according to the uncleanness of her separation.
 27And whoever toucheth them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
 28And if she be cleansed of her flux then she shall count seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
 29And on the eighth day she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting.
 30And the priest shall offer the one as a sin-offering, and the other as a burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the flux of her uncleanness.
 31And ye shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in their midst.
 32This is the law for him that hath a flux, and for the one whose seed of copulation goeth from him, and who is defiled therewith:
 33and for a woman who is sick in her separation, and for him that hath his flux; for the man and for the woman, and for him that lieth with her that is unclean. (Lev. 15:19‑28,29‑33)
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Lev. 18:19• 19And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness. (Lev. 18:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purifiedb herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "and she purified."