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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBarzillai,בַּרְזִלָּי“Youאַתָּהcross overעֲבֹרwith me,אִתִּיand I will provide forוְכִלְכַּלְתִּיyouאֹתְךָwith meעִמָּדִיin Jerusalem.”בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
2 Samuel 19:33
Study it in the app“The king said to Barzillai, “You cross over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:33, 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- Barzillaiבַּרְזִלָּיbarzilay
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 “barzilay” appears- cross overעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- and I will provide forכִלְכַּלְתִּיchilkalti
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “chilkalti” appears- with meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
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.
33 · This verse (above)
34Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?