Study it in the app“David 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.”
DavidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAbishaiאֲבִישַׁיand toוְאֶלallכָּלhis servants,עֲבָדָיו“Look,הִנֵּהmy son,בְנִיwhoאֲשֶׁרcame outיָצָאfrom my own body,מִמֵּעַיseeksמְבַקֵּשׁmy life;נַפְשִׁיhow much moreוְאַף כִּיnowעַתָּהthis Benjaminite!בֶּן הַיְמִינִיLeave him aloneהַנִּחוּ לוֹand let him curse,וִיקַלֵּלforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas toldאָמַרhim.לוֹ
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsAbishai
Abishai, son of Zeruiah (David's sister) and brother of Joab; one of David's closest warriors (1 Samuel 26:6). It means "my father is a gift".
Where else “avishay” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appearsspring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yatsa” appearsinward parts
The inward parts, the inside of the body; hence the child who comes out of them.
Where else “mea” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakesh” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appearsBenjaminite
Benjaminite: of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “ben” appearsleave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “hanichu” appearscurse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “ykalel” 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” appears10The 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?’”
11 · This verse (above)
12Perhaps YHWH will look on my eye, and YHWH will repay me good in place of his curse this day.”
