Study it in the app“David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. You take the servants of your lord and pursue him, or he will find for himself fortified cities and escape our eye.””
DavidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAbishai,אֲבִישַׁי“NowעַתָּהShebaשֶׁבַעsonבֶּןof Bichriבִּכְרִיwill do us more harmיֵרַע לָנוּthanמִןAbsalom.אַבְשָׁלוֹםYouאַתָּהtakeקַחthe servantsעַבְדֵיof your lordאֲדֹנֶיךָand pursueוּרְדֹףhim,אַחֲרָיוorפֶּןhe will findמָצָאfor himselfלוֹfortifiedבְּצֻרוֹתcitiesעָרִיםand escapeוְהִצִּילour eye.”עֵינֵנוּ
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsAbishai
Abishai, son of Zeruiah (David's sister) and brother of Joab; one of David's closest warriors (1 Samuel 26:6). It means "my father is a gift".
Where else “avishay” appearsSheba
Sheba: a town of Simeon; also a personal name.
Where else “sheva” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsBichri
Bichri, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, father of Sheba, who rebelled against David (2 Samuel 20). The lexicon links the name with "firstborn, youthful".
Where else “bichri” appearsgo ill
Turn out badly; be saddened; cause damage.
Where else “yera” 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” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kach” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “redof” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsa” appearsfortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsurot” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsil” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearsThe end is difficult in Hebrew: literally, “and deliver our eye.” It is understood as “escape from our sight.”
5Amasa went to call out Judah, but he delayed beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him.
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7So there went out after him Joab’s men and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the mighty men; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.
