Study it in the app“The king said, “And where is the son of your master?” Ziba said to the king, “Look, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.’””
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“And whereוְאַיֵּהis the sonבֶּןof your master?”אֲדֹנֶיךָZibaצִיבָאsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ“Look,הִנֵּהhe is stayingיוֹשֵׁבin Jerusalem,בִּירוּשָׁלִַםforכִּיhe said,אָמַר‘Todayהַיּוֹםthe houseבֵּיתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill give backיָשִׁיבוּto meלִיthe kingdomמַמְלְכוּתof my father.’”אָבִי
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 “ben” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appearsZiba
Ziba, a servant of the house of Saul whom David put in charge of Mephibosheth's lands (2 Samuel 9; 16; 19).
Where else “tsiva” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashivu” appearskingdom
Kingdom: the territory and the rule of a king.
Where else “mamlchut” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsThe text reports what Ziba said; Mephibosheth will deny it later (19:24-27), and the story does not say which of the two was telling the truth.
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2The king said to Ziba, “What are these to you?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the household of the king to ride, and the bread and the summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the exhausted in the wilderness to drink.”
3 · This verse (above)
4The king said to Ziba, “Look, yours is all that belonged to Mephibosheth.” Ziba said, “I bow down; may I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”
