Study it in the app“I 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?”
Iאָנֹכִיam eightyבֶּן שְׁמֹנִיםyears oldשָׁנָהtoday.הַיּוֹםCan I distinguishהַאֵדַעbetweenבֵּיןgoodטוֹבand bad?לְרָעCanאִםyour servantעַבְדְּךָtasteיִטְעַםwhatאֲשֶׁרI eatאֹכַלorוְwhatאֲשֶׁרI drink?אֶשְׁתֶּהCanאִםI stillעוֹדhearאֶשְׁמַעthe voiceבְּקוֹלof singing menשָׁרִיםand singing women?וְשָׁרוֹתWhy thenוְלָמָּהshould your servantעַבְדְּךָbeיִהְיֶהstillעוֹדa burdenלְמַשָּׂאtoאֶלmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe king?הַמֶּלֶךְ
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appearseighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appearsage
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearsbad
Poor in quality, unpleasant to look at, or downcast.
Where else “ra” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearstaste
To take a little food into the mouth to find out what it tastes like.
Where else “yitam” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochal” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “eshte” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “eshma” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearssinger
Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.
Where else “sharim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsburden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masa” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears34Barzillai 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?
35 · This verse (above)
36Your servant will cross the Jordan with the king just a little way; and why should the king repay me with this reward?
