And she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“OneאַחַתsmallקְטַנָּהrequestשְׁאֵלָהIאָנֹכִיam askingשֹׁאֶלֶתof you;מֵאִתָּךְdo notאַלrefuse me.”תָּשֶׁב אֶת פָּנָיAnd the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“Ask,שַׁאֲלִיmy mother,אִמִּיforכִּיI will notלֹאrefuse you.”אָשִׁיב אֶת פָּנָיִךְ
1 Kings 2:20
Study it in the app“And she said, “One small request I am asking of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:20, word by word
- And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- smallקְטַנָּהketana
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “ketana” appears- requestשְׁאֵלָהsheela
request
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheela” appears- am askingשֹׁאֶלֶתshoelet
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shoelet” appears- refuse meתָּשֶׁבtashev
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashev” appears- refuse meפָּנָpana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pana” appears- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- my motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.”