2 Samuel 15:20

“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.””

2 Samuel 15:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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be with you.”

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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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