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Barzillaiוּבַרְזִלַּיwas veryמְאֹדold,זָקֵןeightyשְׁמֹנִיםyearsשָׁנָהold,בֶּןand heוְהוּאhad provided forכִלְכַּלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְwhile he stayedבְּשִׁיבָתוֹat Mahanaim,בְמַחֲנַיִםforכִּיheהוּאwas a veryמְאֹדrichגָּדוֹלman.אִישׁ
2 Samuel 19:32
Study it in the app“Barzillai 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:32, 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- was veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- oldזָקֵןzaken
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zaken” appears- eightyשְׁמֹנִיםshemonim
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- oldבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- had provided forכִלְכַּלchilkal
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “chilkal” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- while he stayedשִׁיבָתshivat
stay
Stay, the time someone spends living in a place. It appears only once in the Bible (2 Samuel 19:32) and comes from the verb "dwell, sit".
Where else “shivat” appears- at Mahanaimמַחֲנַיִםmachanayim
Mahanaim
Mahanaim: "two camps". A place east of the Jordan.
Where else “machanayim” appears- richגָּדוֹלgadol
powerful
The powerful, "the great".
Where else “gadol” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears
Translation note
“Rich” is literally “great” (1 Samuel 25:2).
The context
31Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and crossed the Jordan with the king, to send him off at the Jordan.
32 · This verse (above)
33The king said to Barzillai, “You cross over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem.”