Afterוַיְהִי אַחֲרֵיthey had gone,לֶכְתָּםthey came upוַיַּעֲלוּout ofמֵthe wellהַבְּאֵרand wentוַיֵּלְכוּand toldוַיַּגִּדוּKingלַמֶּלֶךְDavid;דָּוִדthey saidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלDavid,דָּוִד“Get upקוּמוּand crossוְעִבְרוּthe waterהַמַּיִםquickly,מְהֵרָהforכִּיthusכָכָהAhithophelאֲחִיתֹפֶלhas counseledיָעַץagainst you.”עֲלֵיכֶם
2 Samuel 17:21
Study it in the app“After they had gone, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; they said to David, “Get up and cross the water quickly, for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 17:21, word by word
- Afterיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- they had goneלֶכְתָּlechta
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechta” appears- they came upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- the wellבְּאֵרbeer
well
A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.
Where else “beer” appears- and toldיַּגִּדוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Get upקוּמוּkumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumu” appears- and crossעִבְרוּivru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ivru” appears- the waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- quicklyמְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears- Ahithophelאֲחִיתֹפֶלachitofel
Ahithophel
Ahithophel, a counselor of David from Giloh who went over to Absalom in his rebellion (2 Samuel 15-17). His advice was held to be as sure as a word from God (2 Samuel 16:23).
Where else “achitofel” appears- has counseledיָעַץyaats
advise
To tell someone what is best to do.
Where else “yaats” appears
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22David got up, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan; by the light of morning not even one was missing who had not crossed the Jordan.