And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלShimei,שִׁמְעִי“Youאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּallאֵת כָּלthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרyour heartלְבָבְךָknows,יָדַעthatאֲשֶׁרyou didעָשִׂיתָto Davidלְדָוִדmy father;אָבִיso YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill bring backהֵשִׁיבyour evilאֶת רָעָתְךָon your head.בְּרֹאשֶׁךָ
1 Kings 2:44
Study it in the app“And the king said to Shimei, “You know all the evil that your heart knows, that you did to David my father; so YHWH will bring back your evil on your head.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:44, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- your heartלְבָבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- you didעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- to Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- so YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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 “yehva” appears- will bring backהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- on your headרֹאשֶׁroshe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshe” appears
The context
43Why then have you not kept the oath of YHWH and the commandment that I commanded you?”
44 · This verse (above)
45But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before YHWH forever.”