Study it in the app“She said, “Please let the king remember YHWH your Elohim, so that the avenger of blood may not destroy any more, and they may not destroy my son.” He said, “As YHWH lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.””
She said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Pleaseנָאlet the kingהַמֶּלֶךְrememberיִזְכָּרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָso that the avengerמֵ גֹּאֵלof bloodהַדָּםmay not destroyלְשַׁחֵתany more,הַרְבַּתand they may notוְלֹאdestroyיַשְׁמִידוּmy son.”בְּנִיHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“As YHWHיְהוָהlives,חַיnotאִםone hairמִשַּׂעֲרַתof your sonבְּנֵךְshall fallיִפֹּלto the ground.”אָרְצָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsremember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “yizkar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsavenger
The relative who paid back the killing of a family member.
Where else “goel” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appearsdestroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shachet” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbat” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “yashmidu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appearsas lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appearshair
Hair: a single hair; also hair in general.
Where else “saarat” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears“Let the king remember YHWH”: it can be understood as a request that the king swear it by YHWH, and the king then swears. On “the avenger of blood,” see Numbers 35:12, 19.
10The king said, “Whoever speaks to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you again.”
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12The woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”
