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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלJoab,יוֹאָב“Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאI have doneעָשִׂיתִיthisהַזֶּהthing;הַדָּבָרgo,וְלֵךְbring backהָשֵׁבthe young man,הַנַּעַרAbsalom.”אַבְשָׁלוֹם
2 Samuel 14:21
Study it in the app“The king said to Joab, “Look, please, I have done this thing; go, bring back the young man, Absalom.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 14:21, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Joabיוֹאָבyoav
Joab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appears- I have doneעָשִׂיתִיasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- bring backהָשֵׁבhashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashev” appears- the young manנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםavshalom
Absalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avshalom” appears
The context
20To change the face of the matter your servant Joab has done this thing; but my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of Elohim, to know all that is on the earth.”
21 · This verse (above)
22Joab fell on his face to the ground and bowed down and blessed the king, and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, in that the king has done the word of your servant.”