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So he inclinedוַיַּטthe heartלְבַבof allכָּלthe menאִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהasכְּoneאֶחָדman,אִישׁand they sentוַיִּשְׁלְחוּword toאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ“Return,שׁוּבyouאַתָּהand allוְכָלyour servants.”עֲבָדֶיךָ
2 Samuel 19:14
Study it in the app“So he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your servants.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:14, word by word
- So he inclinedיַּטyat
incline
To turn the ear or the heart toward someone or something.
Where else “yat” appears- the heartלְבַבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- and they sentיִּשְׁלְחוּyishlchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlchu” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- “Returnשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avade” appears
The context
13And to Amasa say, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? So may Elohim do to me, and so may he add, if you do not become commander of the army before me all the days in place of Joab.’”
14 · This verse (above)
15The king returned and came to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king, to bring the king across the Jordan.