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Forכִּיyouאַתָּהdid itעָשִׂיתָin secret,בַסָּתֶרbut Iוַאֲנִיwill doאֶעֱשֶׂהthisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרbeforeנֶגֶדallכָּלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלand beforeוְנֶגֶדthe sun.’”הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
2 Samuel 12:12
Study it in the app“For you did it in secret, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’””
Nathan confronts the king and David says, “I have sinned”Turning back to God
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 12:12, word by word
- did itעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- in secretסָּתֶרsater
secret
What is kept hidden, out of the sight of others.
Where else “sater” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- beforeנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the sun.’שָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
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 “shamesh” appears
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against YHWH.” Nathan said to David, “YHWH also has caused your sin to pass; you shall not die.