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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְgot upוַיָּקָםand toreוַיִּקְרַעhis clothesבְּגָדָיוand layוַיִּשְׁכַּבon the ground,אָרְצָהand allוְכָלhis servantsעֲבָדָיוstood byנִצָּבִיםwith tornקְרֻעֵיclothes.בְגָדִים
2 Samuel 13:31
Study it in the app“The king got up and tore his clothes and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with torn clothes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:31, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- got upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and toreיִּקְרַעyikra
tear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “yikra” appears- his clothesבְּגָדָיbegaday
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begaday” appears- and layיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkav” appears- on the groundאָרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- stood byנִצָּבִיםnitsavim
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsavim” appears
The context
30While they were on the way, the news came to David, saying, “Absalom has struck all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.”
31 · This verse (above)
32Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Let not my lord say that they have put to death all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead; for by the mouth of Absalom it had been settled from the day he humiliated Tamar his sister.