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The womanהָאִשָּׁהsaid,וַתֹּאמֶר“Pleaseנָאlet your servantשִׁפְחָתְךָspeakתְּדַבֶּרa wordדָּבָרtoאֶלmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe king.”הַמֶּלֶךְHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Speak.”דַּבֵּרִי
2 Samuel 14:12
Study it in the app“The woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 14:12, word by word
- The womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- let your servantשִׁפְחָתְshifchat
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchat” appears- speakתְּדַבֶּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- 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
The context
11She 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.”
12 · This verse (above)
13The woman said, “Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of Elohim? For in speaking this word, the king is like one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.