whenכִּיthe one who reportedהַמַּגִּידto me,לִיsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Look,הִנֵּהSaulשָׁאוּלis dead,’מֵתand heוְהוּאwasהָיָהin his own eyesבְּעֵינָיוlikeכִone bringing good news,מְבַשֵּׂרI seizedוָאֹחֲזָהhimבוֹand killed himוָאֶהְרְגֵהוּin Ziklag,בְּצִקְלָגthatאֲשֶׁרwas howI gaveלְתִתִּיhimלוֹa reward for his news.בְּשֹׂרָה
2 Samuel 4:10
Study it in the app“when the one who reported to me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and he was in his own eyes like one bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, that was how I gave him a reward for his news.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 4:10, word by word
- the one who reportedמַּגִּידmagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “magid” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- is dead,’מֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- in his own eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears- one bringing good newsמְבַשֵּׂרmevaser
bring news
To go and tell what happened, usually something good.
Where else “mevaser” appears- I seizedאֹחֲזָochaza
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “ochaza” appears- and killed himאֶהְרְגֵehrge
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “ehrge” appears- in Ziklagצִקְלָגtsiklag
Ziklag
Ziklag: a town of the Negev; later it belonged to David (1 Samuel 27:6).
Where else “tsiklag” appears- I gaveתִתִּtiti
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titi” appears- a reward for his newsבְּשֹׂרָהbesora
news, reward for news
News, especially good news; also the payment given to the one who brings it.
Where else “besora” appears
The context
9David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As YHWH lives, who has rescued my life from all distress,
10 · This verse (above)
11How much more when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed! And now, shall I not require his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?”