Study it in the app“When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and there the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the room of coolness.””
When heוְהוּאhad gone out,יָצָאhis servantsוַעֲבָדָיוcameבָּאוּand looked, and thereוַיִּרְאוּ וְהִנֵּהthe doorsדַּלְתוֹתof the upper roomהָעֲלִיָּהwere locked.נְעֻלוֹתThey said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Surelyאַךְheהוּאis coveringמֵסִיךְhis feetאֶת רַגְלָיוin the roomבַּחֲדַרof coolness.”הַמְּקֵרָה
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appearsdoor
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltot” appearsupper room
A room built on the roof.
Where else “aliya” appearsbolt
To secure a door so it cannot be opened.
Where else “neulot” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsrelieve oneself
To relieve oneself.
Where else “mesich” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appearsinner room
Inner room, private chamber.
Where else “chadar” appearscoolness
Coolness; "the cool room" is the upper room where the air flows.
Where else “mekera” appears“Covering his feet” is a discreet way of saying “relieving himself” (also in 1 Samuel 24:3).
23Ehud went out to the porch, closed the doors of the upper room behind him, and locked them.
24 · This verse (above)
25They waited until they were ashamed, and look, he was not opening the doors of the upper room. So they took the key and opened them, and there was their lord, fallen to the ground, dead.
