Study it in the app“And they told the king, saying, “Look, Nathan the prophet is here.” And he came in before the king and bowed down to the king with his face to the ground.”
And they toldוַיַּגִּידוּthe king,לַמֶּלֶךְsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהNathanנָתָןthe prophet is here.”הַנָּבִיאAnd he came inוַיָּבֹאbeforeלִפְנֵיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּto the kingלַמֶּלֶךְwithעַלhis faceאַפָּיוto the ground.אָרְצָה
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsNathan
Nathan: the name of several men; the best known are a son of David born in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:14) and the prophet who spoke to David (2 Samuel 7; 12). It means "he has given."
Where else “natan” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsbow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachu” appearsface
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “apay” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears22She was still speaking with the king when Nathan the prophet came in.
23 · This verse (above)
24And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?
