2 Samuel 18:19

“Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and bring news to the king that YHWH has done him justice from the hand of his enemies.””

2 Samuel 18:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ahimaazאֲחִימַעַץachimaats

Ahimaaz

Ahimaaz: the name of several people: the father of Ahinoam, Saul's wife; the son of the priest Zadok (2 Samuel 15:27); and Solomon's officer in Naphtali (1 Kings 4:15).

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sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Zadokצָדוֹקtsadok

Zadok

Zadok: the name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."

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saidאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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let me runאָרוּצָהarutsa

run

To move quickly on foot, at a run.

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and bring newsאֲבַשְּׂרָהavasra

bring news

To go and tell what happened, usually something good.

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to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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has done him justiceשְׁפָטshefat

judge

To judge and do justice, defend the weak.

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from the handיַּדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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of his enemiesאֹיְבָיoyvay

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

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The context

18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the standing stone that is in the Valley of the King, for he said, “I have no son to cause people to remember my name.” He called the standing stone by his own name, and it is called “Absalom’s Monument” to this day.

19 · This verse (above)

20Joab said to him, “You are not a man of news this day; you may bring news another day, but this day you shall not bring news, because the king’s son is dead.”

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