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And secondly,וְהַשֵּׁנִיתwhomלְמִיshould Iאֲנִיserve?אֶעֱבֹדShould it not beהֲלוֹאbeforeלִפְנֵיhis son?בְנוֹAsכַּאֲשֶׁרI servedעָבַדְתִּיbeforeלִפְנֵיyour father,אָבִיךָsoכֵּןI will beאֶהְיֶהbefore you.”לְפָנֶיךָ
2 Samuel 16:19
Study it in the app“And secondly, whom should I serve? Should it not be before his son? As I served before your father, so I will be before you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 16:19, word by word
- And secondlyשֵּׁנִיתshenit
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “shenit” appears- serveאֶעֱבֹדeevod
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “eevod” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- his sonבְנven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- I will beאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears
The context
18Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but the one whom YHWH and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will stay.
19 · This verse (above)
20Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel: what shall we do?”