2 Samuel 21:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

Young's Literal Translation
yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, ‘What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.’

King James Bible
Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

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

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

the Gibeonites,
הַגִּבְעֹנִ֔ים (hag·giḇ·‘ō·nîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 1393: Gibeonites -- inhabitants of Gibeon

“What
מָ֥ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

shall I do
אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה (’e·‘ĕ·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

for you?
לָכֶ֑ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

How
וּבַמָּ֣ה (ū·ḇam·māh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can I make amends
אֲכַפֵּ֔ר (’ă·ḵap·pêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

so that you may bless
וּבָרְכ֖וּ (ū·ḇā·rə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

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

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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