Your servantוּלְשִׁפְחָתְךָhad twoשְׁנֵיsons,בָנִיםand the two of themשְׁנֵיהֶםfoughtוַיִּנָּצוּin the field,בַּשָּׂדֶהand there was noוְאֵיןdelivererמַצִּילbetween them;בֵּינֵיהֶםand the oneהָאֶחָדstruckוַיַּכּוֹthe otherאֶת הָאֶחָדand put him to death.וַיָּמֶת אֹתוֹ
2 Samuel 14:6
Study it in the app“Your 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 14:6, word by word
- Your servantשִׁפְחָתְshifchat
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchat” appears- had twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- foughtיִּנָּצוּyinatsu
fight
For two or more people to fight each other.
Where else “yinatsu” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- delivererמַצִּילmatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “matsil” appears- and the oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- struckיַּכּyak
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yak” appears- and put him to deathיָּמֶתyamet
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yamet” appears
The context
5The king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She said, “Truly I am a widow woman; my husband died.
6 · This verse (above)
7And look, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they have said, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and we will destroy the heir too.’ So they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave to my husband name or remnant on the face of the ground.”