Study it in the app“For all my father’s house were nothing but men deserving death before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What right do I still have to cry out any more to the king?””
Forכִּיallכָּלmy father’sאָבִיhouseבֵּיתwereלֹא הָיָהnothingכִּיbutאִםmenאַנְשֵׁיdeserving deathמָוֶתbefore my lordלַאדֹנִיthe king;הַמֶּלֶךְyet you setוַתָּשֶׁתyour servantעַבְדְּךָamong those who eatבְּאֹכְלֵיat your table.שֻׁלְחָנֶךָWhatוּמַהrightצְדָקָהdo I stillעוֹדhaveיֶּשׁ לִיto cry outוְלִזְעֹקany moreעוֹדtoאֶלthe king?”הַמֶּלֶךְ
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “doni” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsput
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “tashet” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochle” appearsmeal
The meal: eating at someone's table.
Where else “shulchane” appearsright
Someone's right in a dispute.
Where else “tsedaka” appearscry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zeok” appears“Men deserving death” is literally “men of death.” “Right” translates the word for “righteousness”: here, a right to ask for something.
27And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of Elohim; so do what is good in your eyes.
28 · This verse (above)
29The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your affairs? I have said: you and Ziba shall divide the land.”
