2 Samuel
2 Samuel 19:26–29
26“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddleda so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me, 27and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king.
Yet my lord the king is like the angelb of God, so do what is good in your eyes. 28For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
29The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
Footnotes
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Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
2 Samuel 19:26
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My lord | אֲדֹנִ֥י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| the king | הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| he replied | וַיֹּאמַ֕ר | way·yō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| because | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| am lame | פִסֵּ֖חַ | p̄is·sê·aḥ | Adjective - masculine singular | H6455 lame |
| said | אָמַ֨ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will have my donkey | הַחֲמ֨וֹר | ha·ḥă·mō·wr | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2543 heap |
| saddled | אֶחְבְּשָׁה־ | ’eḥ·bə·šāh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H2280 bind, bind on, bind up |
| so that I may ride | וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב | wə·’er·kaḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H7392 mount and ride, ride |
| on it | עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ | ‘ā·le·hā | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H5921 height |
| and go | וְאֵלֵ֣ךְ | wə·’ê·lêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| with | אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | Preposition | H854 with |
| the king | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| But my servant | עַבְדִּ֣י | ‘aḇ·dî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| deceived me | רִמָּ֑נִי | rim·mā·nî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H7411 cast, shoot |
2 Samuel 19:27
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and he has slandered | וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל | way·rag·gêl | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7270 foot it, go about |
| your servant | בְּעַבְדְּךָ֔ | bə·‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| my lord | אֲדֹנִ֖י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| the king | הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| Yet my lord | וַאדֹנִ֤י | wa·ḏō·nî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| the king | הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| like the angel | כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ | kə·mal·’aḵ | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H4397 messenger |
| of God | הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| so do | וַעֲשֵׂ֥ה | wa·‘ă·śêh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| good | הַטּ֖וֹב | haṭ·ṭō·wḇ | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| in your eyes | בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
2 Samuel 19:28
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the house | בֵּ֣ית | bêṯ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| of my grandfather | אָבִ֗י | ’ā·ḇî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H1 father |
| deserves death | מָ֙וֶת֙ | mā·weṯ | Noun - masculine singular | H4194 death |
| from my lord | לַאדֹנִ֣י | la·ḏō·nî | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| the king | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| yet you have set | וַתָּ֙שֶׁת֙ | wat·tā·šeṯ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7896 put, set |
| your servant | עַבְדְּךָ֔ | ‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| among those who eat | בְּאֹכְלֵ֖י | bə·’ō·ḵə·lê | Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H398 eat |
| at your table | שֻׁלְחָנֶ֑ךָ | šul·ḥā·ne·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7979 table |
| What | וּמַה־ | ū·mah- | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| further | עוֹד֙ | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| right | צְדָקָ֔ה | ṣə·ḏā·qāh | Noun - feminine singular | H6666 righteousness |
| then | צְדָקָ֔ה | ṣə·ḏā·qāh | Noun - feminine singular | H6666 righteousness |
| do I have | יֶּשׁ־ | yeš- | Adverb | H3426 being, substance, existence |
| to keep | ע֖וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| appealing | וְלִזְעֹ֥ק | wə·liz·‘ōq | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H2199 cry, cry out, call |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the king | הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
2 Samuel 19:29
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The king | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| replied | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Why | לָ֛מָּה | lām·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| say | תְּדַבֵּ֥ר | tə·ḏab·bêr | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| any more | ע֖וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| I hereby declare | אָמַ֕רְתִּי | ’ā·mar·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| that you | אַתָּ֣ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| and Ziba | וְצִיבָ֔א | wə·ṣî·ḇā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6717 Tsiba |
| are to divide | תַּחְלְק֖וּ | taḥ·lə·qū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H2505 divide, share |
| the land | הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ | haś·śā·ḏeh | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7704 id. |
Cross-references
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2 Samuel 19:27 2 Samuel 14:20 · 2 Samuel 14:17 · 1 Samuel 29:9 · 2 Samuel 16:3 · Jeremiah 9:4
2 Samuel 19:28 2 Samuel 9:13 · 2 Samuel 9:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.