Study it in the app“The king got up and sat in the gate. And to all the people they told, saying, “Look, the king is sitting in the gate.” And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled, each to his tents.”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְgot upוַיָּקָםand satוַיֵּשֶׁבin the gate.בַּשָּׁעַרAnd to allוּלְכָלthe peopleהָעָםthey told,הִגִּידוּsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְis sittingיוֹשֵׁבin the gate.”בַּשַּׁעַרAnd allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםcameיָּבֹאbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְNow Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלhad fled,נָסeachאִישׁto his tents.לְאֹהָלָיו
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higidu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nas” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohalay” appears7Now 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.”
8 · This verse (above)
9All the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
