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The Beerothitesוַ הַבְּאֵרֹתִיםfledיִּבְרְחוּto Gittaimגִּתָּיְמָהand have resided as foreignersוַיִּהְיוּ גָּרִיםthereשָׁםuntilעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
2 Samuel 4:3
Study it in the app“The Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have resided as foreigners there until this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 4:3, word by word
- The Beerothitesבְּאֵרֹתִיםbeerotim
Beerothite
Beerothite: an inhabitant of Beeroth, a Gibeonite city counted with Benjamin (Joshua 9:17).
Where else “beerotim” appears- fledיִּבְרְחוּyivrchu
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrchu” appears- to Gittaimגִּתָּיְמָgitayma
Gittaim
Gittaim: a town of Benjamin to which the people of Beeroth fled. It means "two winepresses".
Where else “gitayma” appears- and have resided as foreignersיִּהְיוּyihyu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihyu” appears- and have resided as foreignersגָּרִיםgarim
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “garim” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
2The son of Saul had two men, commanders of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the second Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is counted as part of Benjamin.
3 · This verse (above)
4Now Jonathan son of Saul had a son injured in the feet. He was five years old when the news of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up and fled; and it happened, as she hurried to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.