Now then,וְעַתָּהsendשִׁלְחוּquicklyמְהֵרָהand tellוְהַגִּידוּDavid,לְדָוִדsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Do notאַלspend the nightתָּלֶןtonightהַלַּיְלָהin the plainsבְּעַרְבוֹתof the wilderness,הַמִּדְבָּרbutוְגַםbe sure to cross over,עָבוֹר תַּעֲבוֹרorפֶּןthe kingלַמֶּלֶךְand allוּלְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרare with himאִתּוֹwill be swallowed up.’”יְבֻלַּע
2 Samuel 17:16
Study it in the app“Now then, send quickly and tell David, saying, ‘Do not spend the night tonight in the plains of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over, or the king and all the people who are with him will be swallowed up.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 17:16, word by word
- sendשִׁלְחוּshilchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilchu” appears- quicklyמְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears- and tellהַגִּידוּhagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagidu” appears- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- spend the nightתָּלֶןtalen
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “talen” appears- tonightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- in the plainsעַרְבוֹתarvot
plain
Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.
Where else “arvot” appears- of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- be sure to cross overעָבוֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- will be swallowed up.’יְבֻלַּעyevula
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “yevula” appears
The context
15Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Such and such Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and such and such I have counseled.
16 · This verse (above)
17Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel; a slave girl would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David; for they could not be seen coming into the city.