Study it in the app“Thus 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.”
Nathan confronts the king and David says, “I have sinned”Turning back to God
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה‘Look,הִנְנִיI am raising upמֵקִיםevilרָעָהagainst youעָלֶיךָfrom your own house;מִבֵּיתֶךָand I will takeוְלָקַחְתִּיyour wivesנָשֶׁיךָbefore your eyesלְעֵינֶיךָand give themוְנָתַתִּיto your companion,לְרֵעֶיךָand he will lieוְשָׁכַבwithעִםyour wivesנָשֶׁיךָin the sightלְעֵינֵיof thisהַזֹּאתsun.הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsrise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “mekim” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bete” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashe” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appearscompanion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appearslie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “shachav” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appearsCompare 16:21-22, where Absalom, David’s son, goes in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
10And 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.’
11 · This verse (above)
12For you did it in secret, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’”
