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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Goלֵךְin peace.”בְּשָׁלוֹםSo he got upוַיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto Hebron.חֶבְרוֹנָה
2 Samuel 15:9
Study it in the app“The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he got up and went to Hebron.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:9, 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- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- So he got upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- to Hebronחֶבְרוֹנָchevrona
Hebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevrona” appears
Places in this verse
Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
The context
8For your servant made a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If YHWH will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve YHWH.’”
9 · This verse (above)
10Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “When you hear the sound of the horn, then say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron.’”