2 Samuel 14:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔ יִֽהְיֶה־נָּ֛א דְּבַר־אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לִמְנוּחָ֑ה כִּ֣י ׀ כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים כֵּ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ הַטּ֣וֹב וְהָרָ֔ע וַֽיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יְהִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

wattōʾmer šipḥātəkā, yihyeh-nāʾ dəbar-ʾădōnî the-melek for-mənûḥāh; for as-malʾak the-ʾĕlōhîm, so ʾădōnî the-melek to-šimōaʿ the-ṭôb wə-hārāʿ, and-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā yəhî with-you.

Grammar Details

*wattōʾmer*: Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and she said
*šipḥātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your maidservant
*yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - may it be
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please
*dəbar*: construct state of masculine singular noun - word of
*ʾădōnî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my lord
*melek*: masculine singular noun - king
*mənûḥāh*: feminine singular noun - rest/comfort
*malʾak*: masculine singular construct - messenger/angel of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God
*šimōaʿ*: Qal infinitive construct - to hear/discern
*ṭôb*: masculine singular adjective - good
*wə-hārāʿ*: conjunction + definite article + masculine singular adjective - and the evil
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*yəhî*: Qal jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - may he be

Word Meanings

*mənûḥāh*: rest/comfort/tranquility
*malʾak*: messenger/angel/envoy
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
*ṭôb*: good/pleasant/agreeable
*rāʿ*: evil/bad/distress

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 19:27 : 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
1 Sam 29:9 : 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
2 Sam 14:20 : 20 to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?
1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
Job 6:30 : 30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
Prov 27:21 : 21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise.
Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.
1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he {G3756} cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged. 15 But he that is spiritual {G3303} judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.
Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern {G5037} good and evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Sam 14:15-16
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15Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
16For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
2 Sam 14:10-13
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10And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
12Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
13And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.
2 Sam 14:18-20
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18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
19And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;
20to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
2 Sam 19:27
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27And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
1 Sam 25:30-32
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30And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel,
31that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.
32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:
1 Sam 25:26-28
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26Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
27And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
28Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.
Ruth 2:13
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13Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.
1 Chr 17:17-19
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17And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
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2 Sam 14:7-8
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7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.
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17Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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1 Sam 24:15
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20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord Jehovah.
21For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
1 Chr 17:26-27
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26And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
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1 Chr 17:23
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23And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
1 Kgs 1:17
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17And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
2 Sam 19:7
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7Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.
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22Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
Gen 24:40
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Judg 6:12
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2 Sam 7:25
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25And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
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1 Kgs 10:9
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