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And I will bring backוְאָשִׁיבָהallכָלthe peopleהָעָםto you;אֵלֶיךָlike the returnכְּשׁוּבof allהַכֹּלis the manהָאִישׁwhomאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהseek;מְבַקֵּשׁallכָּלthe peopleהָעָםwill beיִהְיֶהat peace.”שָׁלוֹם
2 Samuel 17:3
Study it in the app“And I will bring back all the people to you; like the return of all is the man whom you seek; all the people will be at peace.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 17:3, word by word
- And I will bring backאָשִׁיבָהashiva
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “ashiva” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- is the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- seekמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakesh” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- at peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
Translation note
The middle of the verse is difficult in Hebrew; the sense is that, once the only man Absalom is seeking is dead, all the people will return to him in peace.
The context
2I will come upon him while he is weary and weak of hands, and I will make him tremble, and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king alone.
3 · This verse (above)
4The thing was right in the eyes of Absalom and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.