And your servantוַ שִׁפְחָתְךָsaid,תֹּאמֶר‘Pleaseנָּאlet the wordדְּבַרof my lordאֲדֹנִיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְbeיִהְיֶהfor rest,לִמְנוּחָהforכִּיlike an angelכְּמַלְאַךְof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםsoכֵּןis my lordאֲדֹנִיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְin hearingלִשְׁמֹעַthe goodהַטּוֹבand the bad.’וְהָרָעAnd may YHWHוַיהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָbeיְהִיwith you.”עִמָּךְ
2 Samuel 14:17
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 14:17, word by word
- And your servantשִׁפְחָתְshifchat
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchat” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- let the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- for restמְנוּחָהmenucha
rest, resting place
Rest, a place of rest.
Where else “menucha” appears- like an angelמַלְאַךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- in hearingשְׁמֹעַshemoa
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appears- the goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- and the bad.’רָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- And may YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
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 “yhva” appears
The context
16For 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.’
17 · This verse (above)
18The king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I ask you.” The woman said, “Please let my lord the king speak.”