And I will make myself contemptibleוּנְקַלֹּתִיeven moreעוֹדthan this,מִזֹּאתand I will beוְהָיִיתִיlowשָׁפָלin my own eyes;בְּעֵינָיbut withוְעִםthe slave womenהָאֲמָהוֹתof whomאֲשֶׁרyou have spoken,אָמַרְתְּwith themעִמָּםI will be honored.”אִכָּבֵדָה
2 Samuel 6:22
Study it in the app“And I will make myself contemptible even more than this, and I will be low in my own eyes; but with the slave women of whom you have spoken, with them I will be honored.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 6:22, word by word
- And I will make myself contemptibleנְקַלֹּתִיnekaloti
be light
To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.
Where else “nekaloti” appears- and I will beהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- lowשָׁפָלshafal
humble
Modest in spirit.
Where else “shafal” appears- in my own eyesעֵינָena
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appears- the slave womenאֲמָהוֹתamahot
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amahot” appears- you have spokenאָמַרְתְּamart
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amart” appears- I will be honoredאִכָּבֵדָהikaveda
honor
Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.
Where else “ikaveda” appears
The context
21David said to Michal, “Before YHWH, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to command me to be leader over the people of YHWH, over Israel, before YHWH I will celebrate.
22 · This verse (above)
23And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child until the day of her death.