Study it in the app“And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by YHWH, and testify against you, saying, ‘On the day you go out and go this way or that, know for certain that you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word is good; I have heard it.’”
And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsentיִּשְׁלַחand calledוַיִּקְרָאShimeiלְשִׁמְעִיand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Did I notהֲלוֹאmake you swearהִשְׁבַּעְתִּיךָby YHWH,בַיהוָהand testifyוָאָעִדagainst you,בְּךָsaying,לֵאמֹר‘On the dayבְּיוֹםyou go outצֵאתְךָand goוְהָלַכְתָּthis wayאָנֶהor that,וָאָנָהknow for certainיָדֹעַ תֵּדַעthatכִּיyou shall surely die’?מוֹת תָּמוּתAnd you saidוַתֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי‘The wordהַדָּבָרis good;טוֹבI have heard it.’שָׁמָעְתִּי
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appearsShimei
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishbati” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearstestify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “aid” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachta” appearswhere to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ane” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadoa” appearsbe put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears41And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned.
42 · This verse (above)
43Why then have you not kept the oath of YHWH and the commandment that I commanded you?”
