2 Samuel 17:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

Young's Literal Translation
And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go down there,

King James Bible
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

Hebrew
But a young man
נַ֔עַר (na·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

did see
וַיַּ֤רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

them
אֹתָם֙ (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

and told
וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (way·yag·gêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

Absalom.
לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֑ם (lə·’aḇ·šā·lōm)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

So the two
שְׁנֵיהֶ֨ם (šə·nê·hem)
Number - mdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

left
וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

quickly
מְהֵרָ֜ה (mə·hê·rāh)
Adverb
Strong's 4120: A hurry, promptly

and came
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ ׀ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

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

the house
בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

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

in Bahurim.
בְּבַחוּרִ֗ים (bə·ḇa·ḥū·rîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 980: Bahurim -- 'young men's village', a city in Benjamin

He had
וְל֥וֹ (wə·lōw)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

a well
בְאֵ֛ר (ḇə·’êr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 875: A pit, a well

in his courtyard,
בַּחֲצֵר֖וֹ (ba·ḥă·ṣê·rōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2691: A yard, a hamlet

and they climbed down
וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ (way·yê·rə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

into it.
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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