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Your servantעַבְדְּךָwill crossיַעֲבֹרthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןwith the kingאֶת הַמֶּלֶךְjust a little way;כִּמְעַטand whyוְלָמָּהshould the kingהַמֶּלֶךְrepay meיִגְמְלֵנִיwith thisהַזֹּאתreward?הַגְּמוּלָה
2 Samuel 19:36
Study it in the app“Your servant will cross the Jordan with the king just a little way; and why should the king repay me with this reward?”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:36, word by word
- Your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- will crossיַעֲבֹרyaavor
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- just a little wayמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- repay meיִגְמְלֵyigmle
repay
To treat someone as they deserve.
Where else “yigmle” appears- rewardגְּמוּלָהgemula
recompense
Pay, recompense: what is given to someone for what he did, good or bad. It is the feminine form of another word with the same sense.
Where else “gemula” 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
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?
36 · This verse (above)
37Please let your servant return, and let me die in my own city, near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good in your eyes.”