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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְreturnedוַיָּשָׁבand cameוַיָּבֹאtoעַדthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןand Judahוִיהוּדָהcameבָּאto Gilgalהַגִּלְגָּלָהto goלָלֶכֶתto meetלִקְרַאתthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְto bringלְהַעֲבִירthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְacross the Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּן
2 Samuel 19:15
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:15, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- returnedיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- and Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
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 “yhuda” appears- to Gilgalגִּלְגָּלָgilgala
Gilgal
See it on the mapWhere else “gilgala” appears- to goלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears- to bringהַעֲבִירhaavir
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “haavir” appears
Places in this verse
1Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
2Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
The context
14So 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.”
15 · This verse (above)
16Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.