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And nowוְעַתָּהoneאַחַתrequestשְׁאֵלָהIאָנֹכִיam askingשֹׁאֵלof you;מֵאִתָּךְdo notאַלrefuse me.”תָּשִׁבִי אֶת פָּנָיAnd she saidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Speak.”דַּבֵּר
1 Kings 2:16
Study it in the app“And now one request I am asking of you; do not refuse me.” And she said to him, “Speak.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:16, word by word
- oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- requestשְׁאֵלָהsheela
request
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheela” appears- am askingשֹׁאֵלshoel
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shoel” appears- refuse meתָּשִׁבִיtashivi
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashivi” appears- refuse meפָּנָpana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pana” appears- And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears
Translation note
“Do not refuse me” is literally “do not turn back my face.”
The context
15And he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that on me all Israel had set their faces for me to reign; but the kingdom turned around and became my brother’s, for it was his from YHWH.
16 · This verse (above)
17And he said, “Please speak to Solomon the king — for he will not refuse you — that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”