2 Samuel 6:22

“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.””

2 Samuel 6:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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you have spokenאָמַרְתְּamart

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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I will be honoredאִכָּבֵדָהikaveda

honor

Literally "give weight": to hold someone in high regard.

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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.

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