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When the wifeוַ אֵשֶׁתof UriahאוּרִיָּהheardתִּשְׁמַעthatכִּיUriahאוּרִיָּהher husbandאִישָׁהּwas dead,מֵתshe lamentedוַתִּסְפֹּדoverעַלher spouse.בַּעְלָהּ
2 Samuel 11:26
Study it in the app“When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her spouse.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 11:26, word by word
- When the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” 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- heardתִּשְׁמַעtishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “tishma” appears- her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears- was deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- she lamentedתִּסְפֹּדtispod
mourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “tispod” appears- her spouseבַּעְלָbala
husband
The man joined to a woman in marriage.
Where else “bala” appears
The context
25David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing be evil in your eyes, for the sword devours this one as well as that one; press your battle against the city and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”
26 · This verse (above)
27When the mourning was over, David sent and gathered her into his house; and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the eyes of YHWH.