Study it in the app“So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent to ask of your servant the first time, I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers went away and brought him back word.”
So he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto the messengersלְמַלְאֲכֵיof Ben-hadad,בֶן הֲדַד“Sayאִמְרוּto my lordלַאדֹנִיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ‘Allכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרyou sent to askשָׁלַחְתָּofאֶלyour servantעַבְדְּךָthe first time,בָרִאשֹׁנָהI will do;אֶעֱשֶׂהbutוְthisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרI cannotלֹא אוּכַלdo.’”לַעֲשׂוֹתThe messengersהַמַּלְאָכִיםwent awayוַיֵּלְכוּand brought him backוַיְשִׁבֻהוּword.דָּבָר
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malache” appearsBen-hadad
Ben-hadad: a name meaning "son of Hadad" (Hadad was the storm god of the Arameans). It was borne by several kings of Aram who reigned in Damascus, among them the one who made a pact with Asa and the one who fought against Ahab.
Where else “ven” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “doni” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalachta” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yeshivu” appears8All the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen, and do not consent.”
9 · This verse (above)
10Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add, if the dust of Samaria is enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
