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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Chimhamכִּמְהָםshall cross overיַעֲבֹרwith me,אִתִּיand Iוַאֲנִיwill doאֶעֱשֶׂהfor himלּוֹwhat is goodהַטּוֹבin your eyes;בְּעֵינֶיךָand allוְכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרyou chooseתִּבְחַרof meעָלַיI will doאֶעֱשֶׂהfor you.”לָּךְ
2 Samuel 19:38
Study it in the app“The 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:38, 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- “Chimhamכִּמְהָםkimham
Chimham
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 “kimham” appears- shall cross overיַעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- will doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- what is goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- you chooseתִּבְחַרtivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “tivchar” appears
The context
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.”
38 · This verse (above)
39All the people crossed the Jordan, and the king crossed over; and the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place.