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Thisוְכֹהis what Shimeiשִׁמְעִיsaidאָמַרas he cursed:בְּקַלְלוֹ“Get out,צֵאget out,צֵאyou manאִישׁof bloodהַדָּמִיםand wickedהַבְּלִיָּעַלman!וְאִישׁ
2 Samuel 16:7
Study it in the app“This is what Shimei said as he cursed: “Get out, get out, you man of blood and wicked man!”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 16:7, word by word
- is what 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- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- as he cursedקַלְלkall
curse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “kall” appears- “Get outצֵאtse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tse” appears- you manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of bloodדָּמִיםdamim
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appears- and wickedבְּלִיָּעַלbeliyaal
worthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “beliyaal” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8YHWH has brought back on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and YHWH has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. And look, you are in your evil, for a man of blood you are!”