Study it in the app“His servants said to him, “Look, please, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings of loyal love. Let us put, please, sackcloth on our waists and ropes on our heads, and let us go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.””
His servantsעֲבָדָיוsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאwe have heardשָׁמַעְנוּthatכִּיthe kingsמַלְכֵיof the houseבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלareכִּי הֵםkingsמַלְכֵיof loyal love.חֶסֶדLet us put,נָשִׂימָהplease,נָּאsackclothשַׂקִּיםon our waistsבְּמָתְנֵינוּand ropesוַחֲבָלִיםon our heads,בְּרֹאשֵׁנוּand let us go outוְנֵצֵאtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלperhapsאוּלַיhe will spareיְחַיֶּהyour life.”נַפְשֶׁךָ
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamanu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsfaithfulness
Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.
Where else “chesed” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “nasima” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sakim” appearswaist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matne” appearscord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavalim” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshe” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “netse” appearsperhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appearskeep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “yechaye” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appears“Kings of loyal love”: the Hebrew word is “chesed,” loyalty and kindness toward the one with whom one has a commitment. Sackcloth and ropes on the head were signs of surrender.
30Those who were left fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty and seven thousand men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city, into a room within a room.
31 · This verse (above)
32They girded sackcloth on their waists and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please, let my soul live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
