And Iוְאָנֹכִיamsoftרַךְtoday,הַיּוֹםthough anointedוּמָשׁוּחַking,מֶלֶךְand theseוְ הָאֵלֶּהmen,הָאֲנָשִׁיםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Zeruiah,צְרוּיָהareharderקָשִׁיםthan I.מִמֶּנִּיMay YHWHיְהוָהrepayיְשַׁלֵּםthe one who doesלְעֹשֵׂהevilהָרָעָהaccording toכְּhis evil!”רָעָתוֹ
2 Samuel 3:39
Study it in the app“And I am soft today, though anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are harder than I. May YHWH repay the one who does evil according to his evil!””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 3:39, word by word
- softרַךְrach
fainthearted
Fainthearted, weak in spirit.
Where else “rach” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- though anointedמָשׁוּחַmashuach
anoint
To pour oil on someone to set them apart for God.
Where else “mashuach” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Zeruiahצְרוּיָהtseruya
Zeruiah
Zeruiah: sister of David and mother of Joab, Abishai and Asahel (1 Chronicles 2:16). Her sons are named after her: "the sons of Zeruiah."
Where else “tseruya” appears- harderקָשִׁיםkashim
hard
Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.
Where else “kashim” appears- May YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- repayיְשַׁלֵּםyeshalem
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “yeshalem” appears- the one who doesעֹשֵׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears
The context
38The king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a commander and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
39 · This verse (above)