2 Samuel 17:16

“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.’””

2 Samuel 17:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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."

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and tellהַגִּידוּhagidu

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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Davidדָוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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spend the nightתָּלֶןtalen

spend the night

To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.

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tonightלַּיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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in the plainsעַרְבוֹתarvot

plain

Flat, dry land, where there is almost no water.

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of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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be sure to cross overעָבוֹרavor

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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will be swallowed up.’יְבֻלַּעyevula

swallow

Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.

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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.

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