The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלZadokצָדוֹקthe priest,הַכֹּהֵן“Do youהֲ אַתָּהsee?רוֹאֶהGo backשֻׁבָהto the cityהָעִירin peace,בְּשָׁלוֹםand Ahimaazוַאֲחִימַעַץyour sonבִּנְךָand Jonathanוִיהוֹנָתָןsonבֶּןof Abiathar,אֶבְיָתָרyour twoשְׁנֵי כֶםsons,בְנֵיwith you.אִתְּכֶם
2 Samuel 15:27
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:27, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Zadokצָדוֹקtsadok
Zadok
Zadok: the name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."
Where else “tsadok” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- seeרוֹאֶהroe
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appears- Go backשֻׁבָshuva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuva” appears- to the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and Ahimaazאֲחִימַעַץachimaats
Ahimaaz
Ahimaaz: the name of several people: the father of Ahinoam, Saul's wife; the son of the priest Zadok (2 Samuel 15:27); and Solomon's officer in Naphtali (1 Kings 4:15).
Where else “achimaats” appears- your sonבִּנְbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- and Jonathanיהוֹנָתָןyhonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".
Where else “yhonatan” appears- of Abiatharאֶבְיָתָרevyatar
Abiathar
Abiathar: son of the priest Ahimelech; the only one who escaped the slaughter at Nob. He joined David and was his priest (1 Samuel 22:20-23). The name means "the father is abundant."
Where else “evyatar” appears- your twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears
Translation note
“Do you see?” can also be understood “Are you not a seer?”
The context
26But if he says this: ‘I have no delight in you,’ here I am; let him do to me as seems good in his eyes.”
27 · This verse (above)
28Look, I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to tell me.”