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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“You shall surely die,מוֹת תָּמוּתAhimelech,אֲחִימֶלֶךְyouאַתָּהand allוְכָלyour father’s house.”בֵּית אָבִיךָ
1 Samuel 22:16
Study it in the app“The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 22:16, word by word
- 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- “You shall surely dieמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears- Ahimelechאֲחִימֶלֶךְachimelech
Ahimelech
Ahimelech: the name of several men; best known is the priest of Nob who gave David bread and Goliath's sword and was killed by Saul's order (1 Samuel 21-22); also a Hittite companion of David (1 Samuel 26:6). It means "my brother is king".
Where else “achimelech” appears- your father’s houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- your father’s houseאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
The context
15Is 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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17The king said to the runners who stood by him, “Turn and put to death the priests of YHWH, because their hand too is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing, and they did not inform me.” But the servants of the king were not willing to stretch out their hand to fall upon the priests of YHWH.