Study it in the app“His servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? For the sake of the child, while he was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you rose and ate bread.””
His servantsוַ עֲבָדָיוsaidיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Whatמָהisthisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרyou have done?עָשִׂיתָהFor the sake ofבַּעֲבוּרthe child,הַיֶּלֶדwhile he wasalive,חַיyou fastedצַמְתָּand wept;וַתֵּבְךְּbut whenוְכַאֲשֶׁרthe childהַיֶּלֶדdied,מֵתyou roseקַמְתָּand ateוַתֹּאכַלbread.”לָחֶם
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeled” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appearsfast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “tsamta” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tevk” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamta” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appearsfood
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lachem” appears20Then David rose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his cloaks; he went into the house of YHWH and bowed down; then he went to his own house and asked, and they set before him bread, and he ate.
21 · This verse (above)
22He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows whether YHWH will show me favor, and the child will live?’
