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But nowוְעַתָּהhe is dead;מֵתwhyלָמָּה זֶּהshould Iאֲנִיfast?צָםCan Iהַאוּכַלbring him backלַהֲשִׁיבוֹagain?עוֹדIאֲנִיam goingהֹלֵךְto him,אֵלָיוbut heוְהוּאwill notלֹאreturnיָשׁוּבto me.”אֵלָי
2 Samuel 12:23
Study it in the app“But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I am going to him, but he will not return to me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 12:23, word by word
- he is deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- fastצָםtsam
fast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “tsam” appears- Can Iאוּכַלuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appears- bring him backהֲשִׁיבhashiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashiv” appears- am goingהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears
The context
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?’
23 · This verse (above)
24David comforted Bathsheba his wife; and he went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and she called his name Solomon. And YHWH loved him,