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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,לִי‘Whoמִיare you?’אָתָּהAnd I saidוָאֹמַרto him,אֵלָיו‘I amאָנֹכִיan Amalekite.’עֲמָלֵקִי
2 Samuel 1:8
Study it in the app“He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I said to him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 1:8, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- an Amalekite.’עֲמָלֵקִיamaleki
Amalekite
Amalekite(s): a nomadic people of southern Canaan, enemies of Israel from the exodus onward.
Where else “amaleki” appears
The context
7He turned back and saw me and called to me, and I said, ‘Here I am.’
8 · This verse (above)
9He said to me, ‘Stand, please, over me and put me to death, for agony has seized me, for all my life is still in me.’