Davidדָּוִדsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“What have Iמַה לִּיto do with you,וְלָכֶםsonsבְּנֵיof Zeruiah,צְרוּיָהthatכִּיyou should beתִהְיוּto meלִיtodayהַיּוֹםan opponent?לְשָׂטָןShould anyoneאִישׁbe put to deathיוּמַתtodayהַיּוֹםin Israel?בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלForכִּיdo I notהֲלוֹאknowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיtodayהַיּוֹםIאֲנִיam kingמֶלֶךְoverעַלIsrael?”יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Samuel 19:22
Study it in the app“David said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah, that you should be to me today an opponent? Should anyone be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:22, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Zeruiahצְרוּיָהtseruya
Zeruiah
Zeruiah: sister of David and mother of Joab, Abishai and Asahel (1 Chronicles 2:16). Her sons are named after her: "the sons of Zeruiah."
Where else “tseruya” appears- you should beתִהְיוּtihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyu” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- an opponentשָׂטָןsatan
opponent
Someone who opposes or obstructs.
Where else “satan” appears- Should anyoneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- be put to deathיוּמַתyumat
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “yumat” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- am kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
Translation note
“Opponent” translates the Hebrew word satan, which here is a common noun: someone who sets himself against another (Numbers 22:22; 1 Samuel 29:4).
The context
21Abishai son of Zeruiah answered and said, “For this, shall not Shimei be put to death, because he cursed the anointed of YHWH?”
22 · This verse (above)
23The king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore to him.