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Allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםtook note,הִכִּירוּand it was goodוַיִּיטַבin their eyes,בְּעֵינֵיהֶםasכְּeverythingכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְdidעָשָׂהwas goodטוֹבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof allכָלthe people.הָעָם
2 Samuel 3:36
Study it in the app“All the people took note, and it was good in their eyes, as everything that the king did was good in the eyes of all the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 3:36, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- took noteהִכִּירוּhikiru
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “hikiru” appears- and it was goodיִּיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears- in their eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- didעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- was goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
35Then all the people came to make David eat bread while it was still day; but David swore, saying, “So may Elohim do to me, and so may he add, if before the sun goes down I taste bread or anything at all.”
36 · This verse (above)
37So all the people and all Israel knew on that day that it had not been from the king to put to death Abner son of Ner.