1 Kings 2:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

Young's Literal Translation

and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou [art], and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.’

King James Bible

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

Hebrew
Now therefore,
וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

hold him guiltless,
תְּנַקֵּ֔הוּ (tə·naq·qê·hū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5352: To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated

for
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you
אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are a wise
חָכָ֖ם (ḥā·ḵām)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2450: Wise

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

You know
וְיָֽדַעְתָּ֙ (wə·yā·ḏa‘·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

what
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you ought to do
תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ (ta·‘ă·śeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to him
לּ֔וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

to bring his gray head
שֵׂיבָת֛וֹ (śê·ḇā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7872: Hoary head, old age

down
וְהוֹרַדְתָּ֧ (wə·hō·w·raḏ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to Sheol
שְׁאֽוֹל׃ (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

in blood.”
בְּדָ֖ם (bə·ḏām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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