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Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםwould sayוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Look,רְאֵהyour wordsדְבָרֶךָare goodטוֹבִיםand right,וּנְכֹחִיםbut you haveלְךָnoאֵיןone to hear youוְשֹׁמֵעַfromמֵאֵתthe king.”הַמֶּלֶךְ
2 Samuel 15:3
Study it in the app“Absalom would say to him, “Look, your words are good and right, but you have no one to hear you from the king.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:3, word by word
- Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםavshalom
Absalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avshalom” appears- would sayיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Lookרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- your wordsדְבָרֶdevare
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devare” appears- are goodטוֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- and rightנְכֹחִיםnechochim
straight, right
Straight, right, upright.
Where else “nechochim” appears- one to hear youשֹׁמֵעַshomea
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomea” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
2Absalom would rise early and stand beside the road of the gate; and whenever any man who had a dispute to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And Absalom would say, “Who would make me judge in the land! Then to me every man who had a dispute or judgment would come, and I would do him justice.”