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The thingהַדָּבָרwas rightוַיִּישַׁרin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Absalomאַבְשָׁלֹםand in the eyesוּבְעֵינֵיof allכָּלthe eldersזִקְנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Samuel 17:4
Study it in the app“The thing was right in the eyes of Absalom and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 17:4, word by word
- The thingדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- was rightיִּישַׁרyishar
seem right
To seem good to someone.
Where else “yishar” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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- the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
3And 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.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Absalom said, “Please call Hushai the Archite too, and let us hear what is in his mouth, his too.”