Study it in the app“And now the sword shall not depart from your house forever, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’”
Nathan confronts the king and David says, “I have sinned”Turning back to God
And nowוְעַתָּהthe swordחֶרֶבshall notלֹאdepartתָסוּרfrom your houseמִבֵּיתְךָforever,עַד עוֹלָםbecauseעֵקֶב כִּיyou have despised meבְזִתָנִיand have takenוַתִּקַּחthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof Uriahאוּרִיָּהthe Hittiteהַחִתִּיto beלִהְיוֹתyourלְךָwife.’לְאִשָּׁה
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsturn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “tasur” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsbecause
A word linking a cause to what follows: "because", "since".
Where else “ekev” appearsdespise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “vezita” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “tikach” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appearsUriah
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” appearsHittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears9Why have you despised the word of YHWH, doing evil in my eyes? Uriah the Hittite you struck with the sword, and his wife you took for yourself as wife, and him you killed with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
10 · This verse (above)
11Thus says YHWH: ‘Look, I am raising up evil against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
