Look,הִנֵּהtheir twoשְׁנֵי הֶםsonsבְנֵיare thereשָׁםwith them,עִמָּםAhimaazאֲחִימַעַץZadok’s sonלְצָדוֹקand JonathanוִיהוֹנָתָןAbiathar’s son;לְאֶבְיָתָרand you shall sendוּשְׁלַחְתֶּםto meאֵלַיby their handבְּיָדָםeveryכָּלwordדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרyou hear.”תִּשְׁמָעוּ
2 Samuel 15:36
Study it in the app“Look, their two sons are there with them, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and you shall send to me by their hand every word that you hear.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:36, word by word
- their twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- 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- Zadok’s sonצָדוֹקtsadok
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- 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- Abiathar’s sonאֶבְיָתָרevyatar
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- and you shall sendשְׁלַחְתֶּםshelachtem
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelachtem” appears- by their handיָדָyada
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yada” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- you hearתִּשְׁמָעוּtishmau
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “tishmau” appears
The context
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.
36 · This verse (above)
37So Hushai, David’s companion, came to the city, just as Absalom was coming into Jerusalem.