2 Samuel 12:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Young's Literal Translation
and now, he hath died, why [is] this—I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.’

King James Bible
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Hebrew
But now
וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

that he is dead,
מֵ֗ת (mêṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

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

should I
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

fast?
צָ֔ם (ṣām)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6684: To abstain from food, fast

Can
הַאוּכַ֥ל (ha·’ū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

I bring him back
לַהֲשִׁיב֖וֹ (la·hă·šî·ḇōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

again?
ע֑וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

I will
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

go
הֹלֵ֣ךְ (hō·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to him,
אֵלָ֔יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

but he
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

return
יָשׁ֥וּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to me.”
אֵלָֽי׃ (’ê·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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