Study it in the app“And Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is a man of war, and he will not spend the night with the people.”
And Hushaiוַ חוּשַׁיsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Youאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּyour fatherאָבִיךָandוְhis men,אֲנָשָׁיוthatכִּיtheyהֵמָּהare mighty men,גִבֹּרִיםand theyוּ הֵמָּהare bitterמָרֵיof soul,נֶפֶשׁlike a bearכְּדֹבrobbed of her cubsשַׁכּוּלin the field.בַּשָּׂדֶהAnd your fatherוְאָבִיךָis a manאִישׁof war,מִלְחָמָהand he will notוְלֹאspend the nightיָלִיןwithאֶתthe people.הָעָם
Hushai
Hushai: the Archite, David's companion, who pretended to serve Absalom in order to undo Ahithophel's counsel (2 Samuel 15–17). Baana, Solomon's officer, is called son of Hushai (1 Kings 4:16).
Where else “chushay” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsknow a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadata” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashay” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appearsbitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mare” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appearsbear
Bear.
Where else “dov” appearsbereaved
Deprived of children or young; said of one who has lost them. A she-bear robbed of her cubs is an image of very great fury (2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8; Proverbs 17:12).
Where else “shakul” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsspend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalin” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears7Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled is not good this time.”
8 · This verse (above)
9Look, now he is hidden in one of the pits or in one of the places; and it will be, when some fall among them at the first, that whoever hears will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow after Absalom.’
