When Kingוּ הַמֶּלֶךְDavidדָּוִדcameבָאtoעַדBahurim,בַּחוּרִיםthereוְהִנֵּהfrom thereמִשָּׁםa manאִישׁcame outיוֹצֵאof the familyמִמִּשְׁפַּחַתof the houseבֵּיתof Saul,שָׁאוּלwhose name wasוּשְׁמוֹShimeiשִׁמְעִיsonבֶןof Gera;גֵּרָאhe came out,יֹצֵא יָצוֹאcursing as he came.וּמְקַלֵּל
2 Samuel 16:5
Study it in the app“When King David came to Bahurim, there from there a man came out of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei son of Gera; he came out, cursing as he came.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 16:5, word by word
- When Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- cameבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- Bahurimבַּחוּרִיםbachurim
Bahurim
Bahurim: a town of Benjamin, east of Jerusalem, on the road toward the Jordan.
Where else “bachurim” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- came outיוֹצֵאyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- of the familyמִּשְׁפַּחַתmishpachat
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- whose name wasשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshimi
Shimei
Shimei, the name of many men; among them a son of Gershon, grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17), and the Benjaminite of Saul's family who cursed David as he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13; 19:16-23). It means "heard".
Where else “shimi” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Geraגֵּרָאgera
Gera
Gera, the name of several men of the tribe of Benjamin; among them the father of Ehud and the father of Shimei.
Where else “gera” appears- cursing as he cameמְקַלֵּלmekalel
curse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “mekalel” appears
The context
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.”
5 · This verse (above)
6He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right and on his left.