Study it in the app“The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man, with Absalom?” The Cushite said, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rose up against you for evil be like the young man.””
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe Cushite,הַכּוּשִׁי“Is it wellהֲשָׁלוֹםwith the young man,לַנַּעַרwith Absalom?”לְאַבְשָׁלוֹםThe Cushiteהַכּוּשִׁיsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“May the enemiesאֹיְבֵיof my lordאֲדֹנִיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְand allוְכֹלwhoאֲשֶׁרrose upקָמוּagainst youעָלֶיךָfor evilלְרָעָהbeיִהְיוּlike the young man.”כַנַּעַר
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsCushite
Cushite: a person from Cush, the region south of Egypt (toward present-day Sudan). Joab's messenger is called this (2 Samuel 18), and so is Ebed-melech, who pulled Jeremiah out of the cistern (Jeremiah 38). In the plural, the Cushites as a people. It says nothing good or bad about the person, only where they come from.
Where else “kushi” appearswell-being
Health, safety, nothing lacking.
Where else “shalom” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsAbsalom
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” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsrise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kamu” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears31And there the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “Receive the news, my lord the king, that YHWH has done you justice today from the hand of all who rise up against you.”
32 · This verse (above)
33The king was shaken, and he went up to the upper room of the gate and wept; and thus he said as he went: “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died in your place, Absalom, my son, my son!”
