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Then goוּבָאתtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְand speakוְדִבַּרְתְּto himאֵלָיוaccording to thisכַּ הַזֶּהword.”דָּבָרAnd Joabוַ יוֹאָבputיָּשֶׂםthe wordsהַדְּבָרִיםin her mouth.בְּפִיהָ
2 Samuel 14:3
Study it in the app“Then go to the king and speak to him according to this word.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 14:3, word by word
- Then goבָאתvat
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vat” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and speakדִבַּרְתְּdibart
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibart” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- And 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- putיָּשֶׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- in her mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
The context
2Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and he said to her, “Please mourn; put on, please, mourning clothes and do not anoint yourself with oil, and be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for these many days.
3 · This verse (above)
4The Tekoite woman spoke to the king; she fell on her face to the ground and bowed down, and said, “Save, O king!”