Study it in the app“But if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I am your servant,’ then you will thwart for me the counsel of Ahithophel.”
But ifוְאִםyou go backתָּשׁוּבto the cityהָעִירand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto Absalom,לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם‘Iאֲנִיwill beאֶהְיֶהyour servant,עַבְדְּךָO king;הַמֶּלֶךְI wasוַאֲנִיyour father’sאָבִיךָservantעֶבֶדin the past,מֵאָזbut nowוְעַתָּהI amוַאֲנִיyour servant,’עַבְדֶּךָthen you will thwartוְהֵפַרְתָּהfor meלִיthe counselעֲצַתof Ahithophel.אֲחִיתֹפֶל
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuv” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsAbsalom
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” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avd” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsannul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “hefarta” appearscounsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsat” appearsAhithophel
Ahithophel, a counselor of David from Giloh who went over to Absalom in his rebellion (2 Samuel 15-17). His advice was held to be as sure as a word from God (2 Samuel 16:23).
Where else “achitofel” appears33David said to him, “If you cross over with me, you will be a burden to me.
34 · This verse (above)
35And are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? So every word that you hear from the house of the king, you shall tell to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.
