2 Samuel 12:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”

Young's Literal Translation
And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.’

King James Bible
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

Hebrew
Now a traveler
הֵלֶךְ֮ (hê·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1982: A journey, a wayfarer, a flowing

came
וַיָּ֣בֹא (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to the rich
הֶֽעָשִׁיר֒ (he·‘ā·šîr)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6223: Rich

man,
לְאִ֣ישׁ (lə·’îš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who refrained from taking
לָקַ֤חַת (lā·qa·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3947: To take

one of his own sheep
מִצֹּאנוֹ֙ (miṣ·ṣō·nōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

or cattle
וּמִבְּקָר֔וֹ (ū·mib·bə·qā·rōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

to prepare
לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

for the traveler
לָאֹרֵ֖חַ (lā·’ō·rê·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 732: To wander, journey, go

who had come
הַבָּא־ (hab·bā-)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

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

Instead, he took
וַיִּקַּ֗ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

the poor
הָרָ֔אשׁ (hā·rāš)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7326: To be in want or poor

man’s
הָאִ֣ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

lamb
כִּבְשַׂת֙ (kiḇ·śaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3535: Ewe lamb

and prepared it
וַֽיַּעֲשֶׂ֔הָ (way·ya·‘ă·śe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

for his guest.”
לָאִ֖ישׁ (lā·’îš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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