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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Whyלָמָּהdo you speakתְּדַבֵּרany moreעוֹדof your affairs?דְּבָרֶיךָI have said:אָמַרְתִּיyouאַתָּהand Zibaוְצִיבָאshall divideתַּחְלְקוּthe land.”הַשָּׂדֶה
2 Samuel 19:29
Study it in the app“The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your affairs? I have said: you and Ziba shall divide the land.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:29, 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- do you speakתְּדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- of your affairsדְּבָרֶיdevare
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devare” appears- and Zibaצִיבָאtsiva
Ziba
Ziba, a servant of the house of Saul whom David put in charge of Mephibosheth's lands (2 Samuel 9; 16; 19).
Where else “tsiva” appears- shall divideתַּחְלְקוּtachlku
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “tachlku” appears- the landשָּׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears
Translation note
The text does not say which of the two, Ziba or Mephibosheth, was telling the truth (16:1-4).
The context
28For 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?”
29 · This verse (above)
30Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take even all of it, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”