AbnerאַבְנֵרsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלDavid,דָּוִד“Let me ariseאָקוּמָהand goוְאֵלֵכָהand gatherוְאֶקְבְּצָהtoאֶלmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְallכָּלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלthat they may makeוְיִכְרְתוּa covenantבְּרִיתwith you,אִתְּךָand you will reignוּמָלַכְתָּover allבְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרyour soulנַפְשֶׁךָdesires.”תְּאַוֶּהSo Davidוַ דָּוִדsent Abner away,יְּשַׁלַּח אַבְנֵרand he wentוַיֵּלֶךְin peace.בְּשָׁלוֹם
2 Samuel 3:21
Study it in the app“Abner said to David, “Let me arise and go and gather to my lord the king all Israel, that they may make a covenant with you, and you will reign over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 3:21, word by word
- Abnerאַבְנֵרavner
Abner
Abner, son of Ner, relative of King Saul and commander of his army. In 1 Samuel 14:50 the Hebrew writes the long form, "Abiner." The name means "my father is a lamp."
Where else “avner” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- “Let me ariseאָקוּמָהakuma
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “akuma” appears- and goאֵלֵכָהelecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elecha” appears- and gatherאֶקְבְּצָהekbtsa
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “ekbtsa” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- that they may makeיִכְרְתוּyichrtu
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “yichrtu” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- and you will reignמָלַכְתָּmalachta
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malachta” appears- your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears- desiresתְּאַוֶּהteave
crave, desire
Desire strongly, crave something.
Where else “teave” appears- sent Abner awayיְּשַׁלַּחyeshalach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
20When Abner came to David at Hebron, and with him twenty men, David made a feast for Abner and for the men who were with him.
21 · This verse (above)
22And look, the servants of David and Joab came from the raid, and they brought much spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.