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Now then,וְעַתָּהlet notאַלmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְtakeיָשֵׂםto heartאֶל לִבּוֹthe thing,דָּבָרsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Allכָּלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְsonsבְּנֵיare dead,’מֵתוּbutכִּי אִםAmnonאַמְנוֹןaloneלְבַדּוֹis dead.”מֵת
2 Samuel 13:33
Study it in the app“Now then, let not my lord the king take to heart the thing, saying, ‘All the king’s sons are dead,’ but Amnon alone is dead.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:33, word by word
- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- takeיָשֵׂםyasem
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “yasem” appears- to heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- the thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- are dead,’מֵתוּmetu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metu” appears- Amnonאַמְנוֹןamnon
Amnon
Amnon, the firstborn son of David, born of Ahinoam (2 Samuel 3:2; 13); also a man of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:20). It means "faithful".
Where else “amnon” appears- aloneבַדּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears
The context
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.
33 · This verse (above)
34Absalom fled. The young man on watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and there many people were coming by the road behind him, from the side of the hill.