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He commandedוַיְצַוthe messenger,הַמַּלְאָךְsaying,לֵאמֹר“When you have finishedכְּכַלּוֹתְךָtellingלְדַבֵּרallכָּלthe mattersדִּבְרֵיof the battleהַמִּלְחָמָהtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ
2 Samuel 11:19
Study it in the app“He commanded the messenger, saying, “When you have finished telling all the matters of the battle to the king,”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 11:19, word by word
- He commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- the messengerמַּלְאָךְmalach
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malach” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “When you have finishedכַלּוֹתְchalot
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chalot” appears- tellingדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- the mattersדִּבְרֵיdivre
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “divre” appears- of the battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
18Joab sent and reported to David all the matters of the battle.
19 · This verse (above)
20then if the king’s wrath rises, and he says to you, ‘Why did you go near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?