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PerhapsאוּלַיYHWHיְהוָהwill lookיִרְאֶהon my eye,בְּעֵינִיand YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill repayהֵשִׁיבmeלִיgoodטוֹבָהin place ofתַּחַתhis curseקִלְלָתוֹthisהַזֶּהday.”הַיּוֹם
2 Samuel 16:12
Study it in the app“Perhaps YHWH will look on my eye, and YHWH will repay me good in place of his curse this day.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 16:12, word by word
- Perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- will lookיִרְאֶהyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears- on my eyeעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- will repayהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- his curseקִלְלָתkillat
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “killat” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew has two forms here: the one that is read says “my eye” (my tears) and the one that is written says “my iniquity” (or “my affliction”). The one that is read is translated, as in the rest of this translation.
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13David and his men went along the road, and Shimei was going along the side of the hill opposite him, cursing as he went, and he threw stones opposite him and threw dust.