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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלShimei,שִׁמְעִי“You shall notלֹאdie.”תָמוּתAnd the kingהַמֶּלֶךְsworeוַיִּשָּׁבַעto him.לוֹ
2 Samuel 19:23
Study it in the app“The king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore to him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:23, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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- dieתָמוּתtamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamut” appears- sworeיִּשָּׁבַעyishava
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishava” appears
The context
22David 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?”
23 · This verse (above)
24Mephibosheth, son of Saul, came down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache, and his clothes he had not washed from the day the king went away until the day that he came in peace.