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The womanהָאִשָּׁהtookוַתִּקַּחand spreadוַתִּפְרֹשׂthe coveringהַמָּסָךְoverעַלthe mouthפְּנֵיof the wellהַבְּאֵרand scatteredוַתִּשְׁטַחgrainהָרִפוֹתon it,עָלָיוand nothingוְלֹא דָּבָרwas known.נוֹדַע
2 Samuel 17:19
Study it in the app“The woman took and spread the covering over the mouth of the well and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 17:19, word by word
- The womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- tookתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- and spreadתִּפְרֹשׂtifros
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “tifros” appears- the coveringמָּסָךְmasach
screen
Screen: a hanging that covers an entrance, such as those of the dwelling and its courtyard; also any covering.
Where else “masach” appears- the mouthפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of the wellבְּאֵרbeer
well
A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.
Where else “beer” appears- and scatteredתִּשְׁטַחtishtach
spread out
Spread out, lay out on the ground.
Where else “tishtach” appears- grainרִפוֹתrifot
grain, grits
Crushed or pounded grain, like that spread out to dry (2 Samuel 17:19; Proverbs 27:22). It appears only twice and its exact sense is not certain.
Where else “rifot” appears- and nothingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- was knownנוֹדַעnoda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “noda” appears
The context
18But 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.
19 · This verse (above)
20Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have crossed the brook of water.” They searched and did not find them, and they returned to Jerusalem.