Study it in the app“Joab came to the king in the house and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life and the life of your sons and your daughters, and the life of your wives and the life of your concubines,”
Joabיוֹאָבcameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְin the houseהַבָּיִתand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Todayהַיּוֹםyou have shamedהֹבַשְׁתָּthe facesפְּנֵיof allכָלyour servants,עֲבָדֶיךָwhoהַtodayהַיּוֹםhave savedמְמַלְּטִיםyour lifeנַפְשְׁךָand the lifeוְ נֶפֶשׁof your sonsבָּנֶיךָand your daughters,וּבְנֹתֶיךָand the lifeוְנֶפֶשׁof your wivesנָשֶׁיךָand the lifeוְנֶפֶשׁof your concubines,פִּלַגְשֶׁיךָ
Joab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsbe ashamed
To feel shame and be left with a lowered face.
Where else “hovashta” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avade” appearsrescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “memaltim” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bane” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashe” appearsconcubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “pilagshe” appears4The king had covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 · This verse (above)
6by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. For you have made known today that commanders and servants are nothing to you; for I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us dead today, then it would be right in your eyes.
