Yesterdayתְּמוֹלyou came,בּוֹאֶךָand todayוְהַיּוֹםshall I make you wanderאֲנִיעֲךָwith usעִמָּנוּin going,לָלֶכֶתwhile Iוַאֲנִיgoהוֹלֵךְwhereverעַל אֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיmay go?הוֹלֵךְGo back,שׁוּבand take backוְהָשֵׁבyour brothersאַחֶיךָwith you.עִמָּךְLoyal loveחֶסֶדand faithfulnessוֶאֱמֶתbe with you.”
2 Samuel 15:20
Study it in the app“Yesterday you came, and today shall I make you wander with us in going, while I go wherever I may go? Go back, and take back your brothers with you. Loyal love and faithfulness be with you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:20, word by word
- Yesterdayתְּמוֹלtemol
yesterday
The day that has just passed, right before today.
Where else “temol” appears- you cameבּוֹאֶboe
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boe” appears- and todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- shall I make you wanderאֲנִיעֲania
wander
To go from place to place with no fixed home, like an outcast.
Where else “ania” appears- in goingלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- goהוֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- Go backשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- your brothersאַחֶיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- Loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chesed” appears- and faithfulnessאֱמֶתemet
faithfulness
That one can rely on him because he keeps his word.
Where else “emet” appears
The context
19The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why will you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner, and also an exile you are from your place.
20 · This verse (above)
21Ittai answered the king and said, “As YHWH lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there your servant will be.”