Study it in the app“And there is with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by YHWH, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’”
And there isוְהִנֵּהwith youעִמְּךָShimeiשִׁמְעִיsonבֶןof Gera,גֵּרָאthe Benjaminiteבֶן הַיְמִינִיfrom Bahurim,מִבַּחֻרִיםwhoוְהוּאcursed meקִלְלַנִיwith a grievousנִמְרֶצֶתcurseקְלָלָהon the dayבְּיוֹםI wentלֶכְתִּיto Mahanaim;מַחֲנָיִםbut heוְהוּאcame downיָרַדto meet meלִקְרָאתִיat the Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןand I sworeוָאֶשָּׁבַעto himלוֹby YHWH,בַיהוָהsaying,לֵאמֹר‘I will notאִםput you to deathאֲמִיתְךָwith the sword.’בֶּחָרֶב
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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsGera
Gera, the name of several men of the tribe of Benjamin; among them the father of Ehud and the father of Shimei.
Where else “gera” appearsBenjaminite
Benjaminite: of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “ven” appearsBahurim
Bahurim: a town of Benjamin, east of Jerusalem, on the road toward the Jordan.
Where else “bachurim” appearscurse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “killa” appearsbe grievous, sharp
Be strong, harsh, wounding; said of words or a curse that hurt (1 Kings 2:8), and of what irritates or provokes.
Where else “nimretset” appearscurse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechti” appearsMahanaim
Mahanaim: "two camps". A place east of the Jordan.
Where else “machanayim” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarad” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerati” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “eshava” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “amit” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
7But to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite show loyal love, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for so they came near to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
8 · This verse (above)
9But now do not leave him unpunished, for you are a wise man, and you will know what you should do to him, and you shall bring down his gray hair with blood to Sheol.”
