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And it happenedוַיְהִיin the morningבַבֹּקֶרthat Davidוַ דָּוִדwroteיִּכְתֹּבa letterסֵפֶרtoאֶלJoabיוֹאָבand sent itוַיִּשְׁלַחby the handבְּיַדof Uriah.אוּרִיָּה
2 Samuel 11:14
Study it in the app“And it happened in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 11:14, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- that Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- wroteיִּכְתֹּבyichtov
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtov” appears- a letterסֵפֶרsefer
letter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefer” appears- Joabיוֹאָבyoav
Joab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appears- and sent itיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of Uriahאוּרִיָּהuriya
Uriah
Uriah: the name of several men; the best known is the Hittite, one of David's mighty men and husband of Bathsheba, whom David had killed in battle (2 Samuel 11). It means "my light is YHWH."
Where else “uriya” appears
The context
13David 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.
14 · This verse (above)
15He wrote in the letter, saying, “Put Uriah in front of the fiercest battle, and withdraw from behind him, so that he is struck and dies.”