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Jonadabיוֹנָדָבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ“Look,הִנֵּהthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְsonsבְנֵיhave come;בָּאוּasכִּyour servantעַבְדְּךָsaid,דְבַרsoכֵּןit has happened.”הָיָה
2 Samuel 13:35
Study it in the app“Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the king’s sons have come; as your servant said, so it has happened.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:35, word by word
- Jonadabיוֹנָדָבyonadav
Jonadab
Jonadab, the name of two men: David's nephew, companion of Amnon (2 Samuel 13:3), and the son of Rechab, ancestor of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:6). It means "YHWH is generous".
Where else “yonadav” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- have comeבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- saidדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- it has happenedהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears
The context
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.
35 · This verse (above)
36As soon as he had finished speaking, look, the king’s sons came, and they raised their voice and wept; and the king too and all his servants wept with a very great weeping.