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Forכִּיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְwill listen,יִשְׁמַעto deliverלְהַצִּילhis servantאֲמָתוֹfrom the handמִכַּףof the manהָאִישׁwho seeks to destroyלְהַשְׁמִידmeאֹתִיandוְmy sonבְּנִיtogetherיַחַדfrom the inheritanceמִנַּחֲלַתof Elohim.’אֱלֹהִים
2 Samuel 14:16
Study it in the app“For the king will listen, to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who seeks to destroy me and my son together from the inheritance of Elohim.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 14:16, word by word
- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- will listenיִשְׁמַעyishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishma” appears- to deliverהַצִּילhatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsil” appears- his servantאֲמָתamat
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amat” appears- from the handכַּףkaf
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kaf” appears- of the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who seeks to destroyהַשְׁמִידhashmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- togetherיַחַדyachad
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appears- from the inheritanceנַּחֲלַתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- of Elohim.’אֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
15Now then, that I have come to speak this word to the king my lord is because the people made me afraid; and your servant said, ‘Let me speak, please, to the king; perhaps the king will do the word of his servant.
16 · This verse (above)
17And your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be for rest, for like an angel of Elohim, so is my lord the king in hearing the good and the bad.’ And may YHWH your Elohim be with you.”