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But ifוְאִםhe saysיֹאמַרthis:כֹּה‘I have noלֹאdelightחָפַצְתִּיin you,’בָּךְhere I am;הִנְנִיlet him doיַעֲשֶׂהto meלִּיasכַּאֲשֶׁרseems goodטוֹבin his eyes.”בְּעֵינָיו
2 Samuel 15:26
Study it in the app“But if he says this: ‘I have no delight in you,’ here I am; let him do to me as seems good in his eyes.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:26, word by word
- he saysיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- delightחָפַצְתִּיchafatsti
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafatsti” appears- let him doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- seems goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- in his eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears
The context
25The king said to Zadok, “Take back the ark of Elohim to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of YHWH, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling.
26 · This verse (above)
27The king said to Zadok the priest, “Do you see? Go back to the city in peace, and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons, with you.