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DavidדָּוִדsoughtוַיְבַקֵּשׁElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםforבְּעַדthe boy;הַנָּעַרDavidדָּוִדfastedוַיָּצָםa fast,צוֹםand he went inוּבָאand spent the nightוְלָןand layוְשָׁכַבon the ground.אָרְצָה
2 Samuel 12:16
Study it in the app“David sought Elohim for the boy; David fasted a fast, and he went in and spent the night and lay on the ground.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 12:16, 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- soughtיְבַקֵּשׁyevakesh
seek God
To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.
Where else “yevakesh” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- the boyנָּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- fastedיָּצָםyatsam
fast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “yatsam” appears- a fastצוֹםtsom
fast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appears- and he went inבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- and spent the nightלָןlan
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “lan” appears- and layשָׁכַבshachav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shachav” appears- on the groundאָרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears
The context
15Then Nathan went to his house. And YHWH struck the child that the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and he became very ill.
16 · This verse (above)
17The elders of his house stood over him to raise him from the ground; but he was not willing, and he did not eat bread with them.