2 Samuel 17:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

Young's Literal Translation
And Hushai saith, ‘Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father [is] a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;

King James Bible
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Hebrew
[He]
חוּשַׁ֗י (ḥū·šay)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2365: Hushai -- two Israelites

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

“You
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

know
יָ֠דַעְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

your father
אָבִ֨יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and his men.
אֲנָשָׁ֜יו (’ă·nā·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

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

mighty men,
גִבֹּרִ֣ים (ḡib·bō·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

and as fierce
וּמָרֵ֥י (ū·mā·rê)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

as a wild
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (baś·śā·ḏeh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

bear
כְּדֹ֥ב (kə·ḏōḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1677: The bear

robbed of her cubs.
שַׁכּ֖וּל (šak·kūl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7909: Childless

Moreover, your father [is]
וְאָבִ֙יךָ֙ (wə·’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

a man
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of war
מִלְחָמָ֔ה (mil·ḥā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

who will not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

spend the night
יָלִ֖ין (yā·lîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

the troops.
הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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