Study it in the app“For I was ashamed to ask of the king troops and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, saying, “The hand of our Elohim is on all who seek him for good, and his strength and his anger are against all who forsake him.””
ForכִּיI was ashamedבֹשְׁתִּיto askלִשְׁאוֹלofמִןthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְtroopsחַיִלand horsemenוּפָרָשִׁיםto help usלְעָזְרֵנוּagainst the enemyמֵאוֹיֵבon the way,בַּדָּרֶךְbecauseכִּיwe had saidאָמַרְנוּto the king,לַמֶּלֶךְsaying,לֵאמֹר“The handיַדof our Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּis onעַלallכָּלwho seek himמְבַקְשָׁיוfor good,לְטוֹבָהand his strengthוְעֻזּוֹand his angerוְאַפּוֹare againstעַלallכָּלwho forsake him.”עֹזְבָיו
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “voshti” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “sheol” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsarmy
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chayil” appearshorseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “farashim” appearshelp
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “azre” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarnu” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshay” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearsstrength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “uz” appearsanger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “ozvay” appears21And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our Elohim, to seek from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our goods.
22 · This verse (above)
23So we fasted and sought from our Elohim concerning this, and he let himself be entreated by us.
