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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְwent out,וַיֵּצֵאand allוְכָלhis householdבֵּיתוֹafter him,בְּרַגְלָיוand the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְleftיַּעֲזֹבtenעֶשֶׂרwomen,נָשִׁיםconcubines,פִּלַגְשִׁיםto keepלִשְׁמֹרthe house.הַבָּיִת
2 Samuel 15:16
Study it in the app“The king went out, and all his household after him, and the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:16, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- his householdבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- after himרַגְלָיraglay
follow
Literally "the foot": where someone goes; walking behind them.
Where else “raglay” appears- leftיַּעֲזֹבyaazov
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazov” appears- tenעֶשֶׂרeser
ten
Ten.
Where else “eser” appears- womenנָשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- concubinesפִּלַגְשִׁיםpilagshim
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “pilagshim” appears- to keepשְׁמֹרshemor
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shemor” appears
The context
15The king’s servants said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king chooses, look, here are your servants.”
16 · This verse (above)
17The king went out, and all the people after him, and they stopped at Beth-merhak.