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And Bathshebaוַ בַּת שֶׁבַעsaid,תֹּאמֶר“Good;טוֹבIאָנֹכִיwill speakאֲדַבֵּרfor youעָלֶיךָtoאֶלthe king.”הַמֶּלֶךְ
1 Kings 2:18
Study it in the app“And Bathsheba said, “Good; I will speak for you to the king.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:18, word by word
- And Bathshebaבַּתbat
Bathsheba
Bathsheba: wife of Uriah the Hittite and then of David; mother of Solomon (2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 1). It means "daughter of the oath."
Where else “bat” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Goodטוֹבtov
fitting
What is fitting: "it is not good for man to be alone".
Where else “tov” appears- will speakאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
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.”
18 · This verse (above)
19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat on his throne and set a throne for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right.