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The eldersזִקְנֵיof his houseבֵיתוֹstoodוַיָּקֻמוּover himעָלָיוto raise himלַהֲקִימוֹfromמִןthe ground;הָאָרֶץbut he was notוְלֹאwilling,אָבָהand he did notוְלֹאeatבָרָאbreadלָחֶםwith them.אִתָּם
2 Samuel 12:17
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 12:17, word by word
- The eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of his houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- stoodיָּקֻמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears- willingאָבָהava
be willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “ava” appears- eatבָרָאvara
choose, eat
Choose, select. (The same root can also mean "eat".)
Where else “vara” appears- breadלָחֶםlachem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lachem” appears
The context
16David sought Elohim for the boy; David fasted a fast, and he went in and spent the night and lay on the ground.
17 · This verse (above)
18And it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to our voice; so how can we say to him, ‘The child is dead’? He may do something evil.”