But a young manנַעַרsawוַיַּרְאthemאֹתָםand toldוַיַּגֵּדAbsalom.לְאַבְשָׁלֹםSo the two of themוַ שְׁנֵיהֶםwentיֵּלְכוּquicklyמְהֵרָהand cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof a manאִישׁin Bahurim,בְּבַחוּרִיםwho hadוְלוֹa wellבְאֵרin his courtyard,בַּחֲצֵרוֹand they went downוַיֵּרְדוּthere.שָׁם
2 Samuel 17:18
Study it in the app“But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 17:18, word by word
- But a young manנַעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- and toldיַּגֵּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- Absalomאַבְשָׁלֹםavshalom
Absalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avshalom” appears- So the two of themשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- quicklyמְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- in Bahurimבַחוּרִיםvachurim
Bahurim
Bahurim: a town of Benjamin, east of Jerusalem, on the road toward the Jordan.
Where else “vachurim” appears- a wellבְאֵרveer
well
A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.
Where else “veer” appears- in his courtyardחֲצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- and they went downיֵּרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appears
The context
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.
18 · This verse (above)
19The woman took and spread the covering over the mouth of the well and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known.