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Davidדָּוִדsentוַיִּשְׁלַחand inquiredוַיִּדְרֹשׁabout the woman,לָאִשָּׁהand someone said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Is this notהֲלוֹא זֹאתBathshebaבַּת שֶׁבַעthe daughterבַּתof Eliam,אֱלִיעָםthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof Uriahאוּרִיָּהthe Hittite?”הַחִתִּי
2 Samuel 11:3
Study it in the app“David sent and inquired about the woman, and someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?””
From the roof David sees a woman, asks about her, sends for her, and she becomes pregnantTemptation
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 11:3, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- and inquiredיִּדְרֹשׁyidrosh
require
To investigate, or hold to account.
Where else “yidrosh” appears- about the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- and someone saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Bathshebaבַּתbat
Bathsheba
Bathsheba: wife of Uriah the Hittite and then of David; mother of Solomon (2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 1). It means "daughter of the oath."
Where else “bat” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Eliamאֱלִיעָםeliam
Eliam
Eliam, the father of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:3); also one of David's mighty men, son of Ahithophel (2 Samuel 23:34). It means "God of the people".
Where else “eliam” 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 Hittiteחִתִּיchiti
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appears
The context
2And it happened, at the time of evening, that David rose from his bed and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.
3 · This verse (above)
4David sent messengers and took her; she came to him, and he lay with her (she was sanctifying herself from her uncleanness), and she returned to her house.