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Shimeiשִׁמְעִיsonבֶןof Gera,גֵּרָאthe Benjaminite,בֶּן הַיְמִינִיwhoאֲשֶׁרwas from Bahurim,מִבַּחוּרִיםhurriedוַיְמַהֵרand came downוַיֵּרֶדwithעִםthe menאִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהto meetלִקְרַאתKingהַמֶּלֶךְDavid.דָּוִד
2 Samuel 19:16
Study it in the app“Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:16, word by word
- Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshimi
Shimei
Shimei, the name of many men; among them a son of Gershon, grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17), and the Benjaminite of Saul's family who cursed David as he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13; 19:16-23). It means "heard".
Where else “shimi” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Geraגֵּרָאgera
Gera
Gera, the name of several men of the tribe of Benjamin; among them the father of Ehud and the father of Shimei.
Where else “gera” appears- the Benjaminiteבֶּןben
Benjaminite
Benjaminite: of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “ben” appears- was from Bahurimבַּחוּרִיםbachurim
Bahurim
Bahurim: a town of Benjamin, east of Jerusalem, on the road toward the Jordan.
Where else “bachurim” appears- hurriedיְמַהֵרyemaher
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “yemaher” appears- and came downיֵּרֶדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” 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- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears- Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17With him were a thousand men from Benjamin, and Ziba, the young man of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they rushed into the Jordan before the king.