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Barzillaiוּבַרְזִלַּיthe Gileaditeהַגִּלְעָדִיcame downיָרַדfrom Rogelimמֵרֹגְלִיםand crossedוַיַּעֲבֹרthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןwith the king,אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְto send him offלְשַׁלְּחוֹat the Jordan.אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן
2 Samuel 19:31
Study it in the app“Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and crossed the Jordan with the king, to send him off at the Jordan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:31, word by word
- Barzillaiבַרְזִלַּיvarzilay
Barzillai
Barzillai: the name of several men in the Bible: the rich old Gileadite from Rogelim who brought provisions to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 17 and 19); a man of Meholah, father of Adriel (2 Samuel 21:8); and a priest who took that name by marrying a daughter of the Gileadite (Ezra 2:61). The lexicon relates the name to "iron."
Where else “varzilay” appears- the Gileaditeגִּלְעָדִיgiladi
Gileadite
Gileadite: a descendant of Gilead, or an inhabitant of the region of Gilead.
Where else “giladi” appears- came downיָרַדyarad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarad” appears- from Rogelimרֹגְלִיםroglim
Rogelim
Rogelim, a place in Gilead, east of the Jordan, the home of Barzillai (2 Samuel 17:27; 19:31). The lexicon links the name with "fullers" (those who tread cloth).
Where else “roglim” appears- and crossedיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- with the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- to send him offשַׁלְּחshalch
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalch” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
30Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take even all of it, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”
31 · This verse (above)
32Barzillai was very old, eighty years old, and he had provided for the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.