2 Samuel 20:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

Young's Literal Translation
I [am] of the peaceable—faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

King James Bible
I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

Hebrew
I [am]
אָנֹכִ֕י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

[among the] peaceable
שְׁלֻמֵ֖י (šə·lu·mê)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

[and] faithful
אֱמוּנֵ֣י (’ĕ·mū·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 539: To confirm, support

in Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

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

trying
מְבַקֵּ֗שׁ (mə·ḇaq·qêš)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

to destroy
לְהָמִ֨ית (lə·hā·mîṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

a city
עִ֤יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

that is a mother
וְאֵם֙ (wə·’êm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

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

Why
לָ֥מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

would you swallow up
תְבַלַּ֖ע (ṯə·ḇal·la‘)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf

the LORD’s
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

inheritance?”
נַחֲלַ֥ת (na·ḥă·laṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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