Study it in the app“by 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.”
by lovingלְאַהֲבָהthose who hate youשֹׂנְאֶיךָand hatingוְלִשְׂנֹאthose who love you.אֹהֲבֶיךָForכִּיyou have made knownהִגַּדְתָּtodayהַיּוֹםthatכִּיcommandersשָׂרִיםand servantsוַעֲבָדִיםare nothingאֵיןto you;לְךָforכִּיI knowיָדַעְתִּיtodayהַיּוֹםthatכִּיifלוּAbsalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםwere aliveחַיand all of usוְכֻלָּנוּdeadמֵתִיםtoday,הַיּוֹםthenכִּי אָזit would be rightיָשָׁרin your eyes.בְּעֵינֶיךָ
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahava” appearshate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sone” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higadta” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avadim” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appearsif perhaps
A word that supposes something possible, to say «if perhaps» or «even though».
Where else “lu” appearsAbsalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avshalom” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appearsupright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears5Joab 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,
6 · This verse (above)
7Now then, get up, go out, and speak to the heart of your servants; for by YHWH I swear that if you do not go out, not a man will spend the night with you tonight; and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”
