Study it in the app“Now, because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the dishonor of the king, therefore we have sent and informed the king,”
Now,כְּעַןbecauseכָּל קֳבֵל דִּיwe eatמְלַחְנָאthe saltמְלַחof the palace,הֵיכְלָאandוְit is notלָאfittingאֲרִיךְfor usלַנָאto seeלְמֶחֱזֵאthe dishonorעַרְוַתof the king,מַלְכָּאthereforeעַל דְּנָהwe have sentשְׁלַחְנָאand informedוְהוֹדַעְנָאthe king,לְמַלְכָּא
now
Now (Aramaic).
Where else “kean” appearsbecause
For the reason that; for this cause (Aramaic).
Where else “kovel” appearseat salt
To eat salt (Aramaic). "To eat the salt of the palace" is to live on what the king gives and to owe him loyalty.
Where else “melachna” appearssalt
Salt (Aramaic).
Where else “melach” appearspalace
The great house where a king lives and rules (Aramaic).
Where else “hechla” appearsbe fitting
To be proper, to be fitting (Aramaic): what it is right to do.
Where else “arich” appearssee
To look and notice something, also in dreams and visions.
Where else “mecheze” appearsnakedness, dishonor
Nakedness (Aramaic); as an image, someone's dishonor.
Where else “arvat” appearsking
King (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "melech".
Where else “malka” appearssend
To send (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shalach".
Where else “shelachna” appearsmake known
To make someone know something, to tell or reveal it to him (in Aramaic).
Where else “hodana” appears“Eating the salt of the palace” is being in the king’s service and owing him loyalty. “Dishonor”: the Aramaic says “nakedness.”
13Now let it be known to the king that if that city is built and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, tax, or toll, and it will cause harm to the treasury of kings.
14 · This verse (above)
15so that someone may investigate in the book of the memorials of your fathers; and you will find in the book of the memorials and know that that city is a rebellious city, causing harm to kings and provinces, and that they have been making sedition within it since the days of old; for this reason that city was laid waste.
