Study it in the app“The king said to them, “Whatever seems best in your eyes I will do.” So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Whateverאֲשֶׁרseems bestיִיטַבin your eyesבְּעֵינֵיכֶםI will do.”אֶעֱשֶׂהSo the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְstoodיַּעֲמֹדbesideאֶל יַדthe gate,הַשַּׁעַרand allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwent outיָצְאוּby hundredsלְמֵאוֹתand by thousands.וְלַאֲלָפִים
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” appearsgo well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appearsbeside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsGeneral meaning: Go down, come down.
Where else “yatsu” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears3But the people said, “You shall not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not set their heart on us; and if half of us die, they will not set their heart on us; for now there are ten thousand like us. So now it is better that you be for us from the city a help.”
4 · This verse (above)
5The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Gently, for my sake, with the young man, with Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king commanded all the commanders about Absalom.
