2 Samuel 20:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

Young's Literal Translation
And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines—whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

King James Bible
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women [his] concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

Hebrew
When David
דָוִ֣ד (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

returned
וַיָּבֹ֨א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

his palace
בֵּיתוֹ֮ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

in Jerusalem,
יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

he
הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

took
וַיִּקַּ֣ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the ten
עֶֽשֶׂר־ (‘e·śer-)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6235: Ten

concubines
פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים (pi·laḡ·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 6370: A concubine, a paramour

he had left
הִנִּיחַ֩ (hin·nî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

to care for
לִשְׁמֹ֨ר (liš·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the palace
הַבַּ֜יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

and placed
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם (way·yit·tə·nêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

them under guard.
מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ (miš·me·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

He provided for them,
וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם (way·ḵal·kə·lêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain

but he no longer
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

slept with
וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (wa·’ă·lê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

them.
בָ֑א (ḇā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

They were
וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה (wat·tih·ye·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

confined
צְרֻר֛וֹת (ṣə·ru·rō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural
Strong's 6887: To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the day
י֥וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of their death,
מֻתָ֖ן (mu·ṯān)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

living
חַיּֽוּת׃ (ḥay·yūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2424: Living

as widows.
אַלְמְנ֥וּת (’al·mə·nūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 491: A widow, widowhood

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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