King James Version

2 Samuel 19:12

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

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In the Hebrew text this line is 2 Samuel 19:13.

אַחַ֣יachaybrother ; kindredאָחnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.אַתֶּ֔םatemtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.עַצְמִ֥יatsmibodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.וּבְשָׂרִ֖יuvesariand bodyבָּשָׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.אַתֶּ֑םatemtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.וְלָ֧מָּהvelamahand to howמָהconjunction, preposition, particle, interrogative — “and to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.תִהְי֛וּtihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אַחֲרֹנִ֖יםacharonimlastאַחֲרוֹןadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “last”, the ordinary formH314hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) westernafter (-ward), to come, following, hind(-er, -ermost, -most), last, latter, rereward, ut(ter) most.לְהָשִׁ֥יבlehashivto againשׁוּבpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to again”, the to-form of the verbH7725to 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((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַמֶּֽלֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(19-13) Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; wherefore then should ye be the last to bring back the king?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

Young’s Literal Translation

my brethren ye [are], my bone and my flesh ye [are], and why are ye last to bring back the king?

World English Bible

You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’

Darby Translation

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; and why will ye be the last to bring back the king?

Douay-Rheims

You are my brethren, you are my bone, and my flesh, why are you the last to bring back the king?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(19-13) Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; wherefore then should ye be the last to bring back the king?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀδελφοί μου ὑμεῖς, ὀστᾶ μου καὶ σάρκες μου ὑμεῖς· ἱνατί γίνεσθε ἔσχατοι τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι τὸν βασιλέα εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ;