And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsentיִּשְׁלַחand calledוַיִּקְרָאShimeiלְשִׁמְעִיand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Buildבְּנֵהyourselfלְךָa houseבַיִתin Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַםand liveוְיָשַׁבְתָּthere,שָׁםand do notוְלֹאgo outתֵצֵאfrom thereמִשָּׁםthis wayאָנֶהor that.וָאָנָה
1 Kings 2:36
Study it in the app“And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there this way or that.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:36, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- and calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshimi
Shimei
Shimei, the name of many men; among them a son of Gershon, grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17), and the Benjaminite of Saul's family who cursed David as he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13; 19:16-23). It means "heard".
Where else “shimi” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Buildבְּנֵהbene
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bene” appears- a houseבַיִתvayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vayit” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- and liveיָשַׁבְתָּyashavta
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashavta” appears- go outתֵצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears- this wayאָנֶהane
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ane” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
35And the king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest the king put in the place of Abiathar.
36 · This verse (above)
37For it will be, on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your head.”