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He calledוַיִּקְרָאhis young man,נַעֲרוֹhis attendant,מְשָׁרְתוֹand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Sendשִׁלְחוּ נָאthis womanזֹאתaway from me,מֵעָלַיoutside,הַחוּצָהand boltוּנְעֹלthe doorהַדֶּלֶתafter her.”אַחֲרֶיהָ
2 Samuel 13:17
Study it in the app“He called his young man, his attendant, and said, “Send this woman away from me, outside, and bolt the door after her.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:17, word by word
- He calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- his young manנַעֲרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- his attendantמְשָׁרְתmeshart
attend
To wait on someone closely.
Where else “meshart” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Sendשִׁלְחוּshilchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilchu” appears- outsideחוּצָchutsa
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chutsa” appears- and boltנְעֹלneol
bolt
To secure a door so it cannot be opened.
Where else “neol” appears- the doorדֶּלֶתdelet
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delet” appears
The context
16She said to him, “No reason! This evil of sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me.” But he was not willing to listen to her.
17 · This verse (above)
18She was wearing a long robe, for so the king’s virgin daughters used to dress, in robes. His attendant brought her outside and bolted the door after her.