Study it in the app“The king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, for YHWH has said to him, ‘Curse David’; and who shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’””
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“What have Iמַה לִּיto do with you,וְלָכֶםsonsבְּנֵיof Zeruiah?צְרֻיָהSoכֹּהlet him curse,יְקַלֵּלforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas saidאָמַרto him,לוֹ‘CurseקַלֵּלDavid’;דָּוִדand whoוּמִיshall say,יֹאמַר‘Whyמַדּוּעַhave you doneעָשִׂיתָהso?’”כֵּן
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsZeruiah
Zeruiah: sister of David and mother of Joab, Abishai and Asahel (1 Chronicles 2:16). Her sons are named after her: "the sons of Zeruiah."
Where else “tseruya” appearscurse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “yekalel” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsDavid attributes the cursing to what YHWH has said to Shimei (vv. 10-11) and leaves it to YHWH to repay him with good (v. 12).
9Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me cross over and take off his head.”
10 · This verse (above)
11David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Look, my son, who came out from my own body, seeks my life; how much more now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone and let him curse, for YHWH has told him.
