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The kingהַמֶּלֶךְsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Whereאֵיפֹהis he?”הוּאZibaצִיבָאsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ“Look,הִנֵּהheהוּאis inthe houseבֵּיתof Machirמָכִירsonבֶּןof Ammiel,עַמִּיאֵלin Lo-debar.”בְּלוֹ דְבָר
2 Samuel 9:4
Study it in the app“The 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 9:4, 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- “Whereאֵיפֹהefo
where?
Where? From what place?
Where else “efo” 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- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of Machirמָכִירmachir
Machir
Machir, the name of two men: the son of Manasseh, father of Gilead, and the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, who took in Mephibosheth and later helped David.
Where else “machir” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Ammielעַמִּיאֵלamiel
Ammiel
Ammiel, a scout from the tribe of Dan; other men bear the same name. It means "people of God."
Where else “amiel” appears- in Lo-debarלוֹlo
Lo-debar
Lo-debar: a town of Gilead, east of the Jordan, where Mephibosheth lived in the house of Machir (2 Samuel 9:4).
Where else “lo” appears
The context
3The 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.”
4 · This verse (above)
5King David sent and took him from the house of Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.