Study it in the app“Please 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.””
Pleaseנָאlet your servantעַבְדְּךָreturn,יָשָׁבand let me dieוְאָמֻתin my own city,בְּעִירִיnearעִםthe graveקֶבֶרof my fatherאָבִיand my mother.וְאִמִּיBut look,וְהִנֵּהyour servantעַבְדְּךָChimham;כִמְהָםlet him cross overיַעֲבֹרwithעִםmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְand doוַעֲשֵׂהfor himלוֹwhatאֲשֶׁרseems goodטוֹבin your eyes.”בְּעֵינֶיךָ
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “amut” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “iri” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kever” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appearsChimham
Chimham, the man who crossed the Jordan with David in place of the aged Barzillai, who calls him "your servant" (2 Samuel 19:37-40); the text does not say whose son he was. The Hebrew writes the name in two ways (Chimham and Chimhan). A place near Bethlehem bore his name (Jeremiah 41:17).
Where else “chimham” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears36Your servant will cross the Jordan with the king just a little way; and why should the king repay me with this reward?
37 · This verse (above)
38The king said, “Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your eyes; and all that you choose of me I will do for you.”
