Study it in the app“Is it today that I have begun to inquire of Elohim for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king lay anything against his servant or against all the house of my father, for your servant did not know anything of all this, small or great.””
Is it todayהַיּוֹםthat I have begunהַחִלֹּתִיto inquireלִשְׁאָלof Elohimבֵאלֹהִיםfor him?לוֹFar be itחָלִילָהfrom me!לִּיLet notאַלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְlayיָשֵׂםanythingדָבָרagainst his servantבְּעַבְדּוֹor against allבְּכָלthe houseבֵּיתof my father,אָבִיforכִּיyour servantעַבְדְּךָdid notלֹאknowיָדַעanythingדָּבָרof all this,בְּכָל זֹאתsmallקָטֹןorאוֹgreat.”גָדוֹל
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “hachiloti” appearsinquire
To ask YHWH what to do.
Where else “sheal” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appearsfar be it!
"Far be it!", "by no means!": an expression that rejects something as unthinkable.
Where else “chalila” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appearssmall
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears14Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is like David, faithful, and the king’s son-in-law, who comes at your orders, and honored in your house?
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16The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”
