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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“What is the matterמַהwith you?”לָּךְShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר“TrulyאֲבָלI amאָנִיa widowאַלְמָנָהwoman;אִשָּׁהmy husbandוַ אִישִׁיdied.יָּמָת
2 Samuel 14:5
Study it in the app“The king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She said, “Truly I am a widow woman; my husband died.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 14:5, 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- “Trulyאֲבָלaval
truly
Truly; or "no, rather".
Where else “aval” appears- a widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- my husbandאִישִׁishi
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ishi” appears- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears
The context
4The Tekoite woman spoke to the king; she fell on her face to the ground and bowed down, and said, “Save, O king!”
5 · This verse (above)
6Your servant had two sons, and the two of them fought in the field, and there was no deliverer between them; and the one struck the other and put him to death.