The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Is thereהַאֶפֶסno longerעוֹדany manאִישׁof the houseלְבֵיתof Saul,שָׁאוּלthat I may doוְאֶעֱשֶׂהthe loyal loveחֶסֶדof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםwith him?”עִמּוֹZibaצִיבָאsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ“There is stillעוֹדa sonבֵּןof Jonathan,לִיהוֹנָתָןinjuredנְכֵהin the feet.”רַגְלָיִם
2 Samuel 9:3
Study it in the app“The king said, “Is there no longer any man of the house of Saul, that I may do the loyal love of Elohim with him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan, injured in the feet.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 9:3, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Is thereאֶפֶסefes
nothing
Nothing, no one; without.
Where else “efes” appears- any manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- of the houseבֵיתvet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appears- of 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".
Where else “shaul” appears- that I may doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- the loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chesed” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- Zibaצִיבָאtsiva
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” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jonathanיהוֹנָתָןyhonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".
Where else “yhonatan” appears- injuredנְכֵהneche
crippled
Struck; lame in the feet.
Where else “neche” appears- in the feetרַגְלָיִםraglayim
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglayim” appears
The context
2Now the house of Saul had a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. The king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “Your servant.”
3 · This verse (above)
4The king said to him, “Where is he?” Ziba said to the king, “Look, he is in the house of Machir son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.”