Study it in the app“Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at my table, like one of the sons of the king.”
Zibaצִיבָאsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ“According to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְcommandsיְצַוֶּהhis servant,עַבְדּוֹsoכֵּןyour servantעַבְדֶּךָwill do.”יַעֲשֶׂהSo Mephiboshethוּמְפִיבֹשֶׁתateאֹכֵלatעַלmy table,שֻׁלְחָנִיlikeכְּoneאַחַדofמִthe sonsבְּנֵיof the king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
Ziba
Ziba, a servant of the house of Saul whom David put in charge of Mephibosheth's lands (2 Samuel 9; 16; 19).
Where else “tsiva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsave” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearsMephibosheth
Mephibosheth, the name of two men of the house of Saul: the son of Jonathan, lame in both feet, to whom David showed loyal love (2 Samuel 4:4; 9), and a son of Saul and Rizpah (2 Samuel 21:8). In 1 Chronicles 8:34 the son of Jonathan is called Merib-baal.
Where else “mefivoshet” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochel” appearsmeal
The meal: eating at someone's table.
Where else “shulchani” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsThe Hebrew says “at my table,” although the one speaking is the narrator; it is translated as written.
10And you shall work the ground for him, you and your sons and your servants, and you shall bring in the produce, and it will be bread for your lord’s son to eat; but Mephibosheth your lord’s son will eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11 · This verse (above)
12Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.
