2 Samuel 4:10

“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.”

2 Samuel 4:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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is dead,’מֵתmet

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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wasהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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in his own eyesעֵינָיenay

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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one bringing good newsמְבַשֵּׂרmevaser

bring news

To go and tell what happened, usually something good.

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I seizedאֹחֲזָochaza

seize

To take something in the hand and not let go.

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and killed himאֶהְרְגֵehrge

kill

Kill, slay.

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in Ziklagצִקְלָגtsiklag

Ziklag

Ziklag: a town of the Negev; later it belonged to David (1 Samuel 27:6).

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I gaveתִתִּtiti

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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a reward for his newsבְּשֹׂרָהbesora

news, reward for news

News, especially good news; also the payment given to the one who brings it.

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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?”

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