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The rich manלְעָשִׁירhadהָיָהflocksצֹאןand herds,וּבָקָרveryמְאֹדmany;הַרְבֵּה
2 Samuel 12:2
Study it in the app“The rich man had flocks and herds, very many;”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 12:2, word by word
- The rich manעָשִׁירashir
rich
Rich.
Where else “ashir” appears- hadהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- flocksצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and herdsבָקָרvakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “vakar” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- manyהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears
The context
1YHWH sent Nathan to David; he came to him and said to him, “There were two men in one city, one rich and one poor.
2 · This verse (above)
3but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb that he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up with him and with his sons together; from his morsel it would eat, and from his cup it would drink, and in his bosom it would lie; and it was to him like a daughter.