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Barzillaiבַּרְזִלַּיsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ“How manyכַּמָּהare the daysיְמֵיof the yearsשְׁנֵיof my life,חַיַּיthatכִּיI should go upאֶעֱלֶהwith the kingהַמֶּלֶךְto Jerusalem?יְרוּשָׁלִָם
2 Samuel 19:34
Study it in the app“Barzillai 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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:34, word by word
- Barzillaiבַּרְזִלַּיbarzilay
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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- are the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of the yearsשְׁנֵיshene
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shene” appears- of my lifeחַיַּchaya
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appears- I should go upאֶעֱלֶהeele
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “eele” appears- to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” 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
33The king said to Barzillai, “You cross over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem.”
34 · This verse (above)
35I am eighty years old today. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be still a burden to my lord the king?