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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAmasa,עֲמָשָׂא“Call outהַזְעֶקfor meלִיthe menאִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהwithin threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays,יָמִיםand youוְאַתָּהbe presentעֲמֹדhere.”פֹּה
2 Samuel 20:4
Study it in the app“The king said to Amasa, “Call out for me the men of Judah within three days, and you be present here.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 20:4, 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- Amasaעֲמָשָׂאamasa
Amasa
Amasa: the name of two men: the son of Ithra and Abigail, David's nephew, whom Absalom put at the head of his army and whom Joab later killed (2 Samuel 17–20); and a chief of Ephraim in the time of King Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:12). The lexicon relates the name to "burden."
Where else “amasa” appears- “Call outהַזְעֶקhazek
summon
To call together.
Where else “hazek” appears- the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- within threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- be presentעֲמֹדamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amod” appears
The context
3David came to his house in Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, the concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house under guard; he provided for them, but to them he did not go in. So they were shut up until the day of their death, in widowhood for life.
4 · This verse (above)
5Amasa went to call out Judah, but he delayed beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him.