Ahimaazוַאֲחִימַעַץsonבֶּןof Zadokצָדוֹקsaid,אָמַר“Pleaseנָּאlet me runאָרוּצָהand bring newsוַאֲבַשְּׂרָהto the kingהַמֶּלֶךְthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas done him justiceשְׁפָטוֹfrom the handמִיַּדof his enemies.”אֹיְבָיו
2 Samuel 18:19
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 18:19, word by word
- 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).
Where else “achimaats” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- 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."
Where else “tsadok” appears- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- let me runאָרוּצָהarutsa
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “arutsa” appears- and bring newsאֲבַשְּׂרָהavasra
bring news
To go and tell what happened, usually something good.
Where else “avasra” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- has done him justiceשְׁפָטshefat
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shefat” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of his enemiesאֹיְבָיoyvay
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvay” appears
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.”