2 Samuel 17:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

Young's Literal Translation
and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known.

King James Bible
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

Hebrew
Then [the man's] wife
הָאִשָּׁ֗ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

took
וַתִּקַּ֣ח (wat·tiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a covering
הַמָּסָךְ֙ (ham·mā·sāḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4539: A covering, screen

and spread
וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ (wat·tip̄·rōś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse

it over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mouth
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the well
הַבְּאֵ֔ר (hab·bə·’êr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 875: A pit, a well

and scattered
וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח (wat·tiš·ṭaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7849: To spread, spread abroad

grain
הָֽרִפ֑וֹת (hā·ri·p̄ō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 7383: Perhaps grain

over it,
עָלָ֖יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

so nobody
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

would know
נוֹדַ֖ע (nō·w·ḏa‘)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

a thing.
דָּבָֽר׃ (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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