The womanהָאִשָּׁהsaid,וַתֹּאמֶר“Why thenוְלָמָּהhave you thoughtחָשַׁבְתָּהsuch a thingכָּזֹאתagainstעַלthe peopleעַםof Elohim?אֱלֹהִיםFor in speakingוּמִדַּבֵּרthisהַזֶּהword,הַדָּבָרthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְis like one guilty,כְּאָשֵׁםin that the kingלְ הַמֶּלֶךְdoes notבִלְתִּיbring backהָשִׁיבhis banished one.נִדְּחוֹ
2 Samuel 14:13
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 14:13, 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- have you thoughtחָשַׁבְתָּהchashavta
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “chashavta” appears- the peopleעַםam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- For in speakingדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- is like one guiltyאָשֵׁםashem
guilty
Guilty.
Where else “ashem” appears- bring backהָשִׁיבhashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashiv” appears- his banished oneנִדְּחnidch
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “nidch” appears
The context
12The woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”
13 · This verse (above)
14For we will surely die, and we are like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up; but Elohim does not take away life, and he devises plans so that the banished one may not remain banished from him.