Davidדָוִדinvitedוַיִּקְרָאhim,לוֹand he ateוַיֹּאכַלbefore himלְפָנָיוand drank,וַיֵּשְׁתְּand he made him drunk;וַיְשַׁכְּרֵהוּand in the eveningבָעֶרֶבhe went outוַיֵּצֵאto lieלִשְׁכַּבon his bedבְּמִשְׁכָּבוֹwithעִםthe servantsעַבְדֵיof his lord,אֲדֹנָיוbut toוְאֶלhis houseבֵּיתוֹhe did notלֹאgo down.יָרָד
2 Samuel 11:13
Study it in the app“David invited him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but to his house he did not go down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 11:13, word by word
- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- invitedיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- and he ateיֹּאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- and drankיֵּשְׁתְּyesht
drink
Drink.
Where else “yesht” appears- and he made him drunkיְשַׁכְּרֵyeshakre
make drunk
To make another drunk.
Where else “yeshakre” appears- and in the eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- he went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- to lieשְׁכַּבshekav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shekav” appears- on his bedמִשְׁכָּבmishkav
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkav” appears- the servantsעַבְדֵיavde
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appears- of his lordאֲדֹנָיadonay
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adonay” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- go downיָרָדyarad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarad” appears
The context
12David said to Uriah, “Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will send you away.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13 · This verse (above)
14And it happened in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.