2 Samuel 14:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will 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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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 fetch about this form of speech 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 therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a 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 judgment.
Job 6:30 : 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Prov 27:21 : 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Heb 5:14 : 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Sam 14:15-16
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15Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing 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 handmaid.
16For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid 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 ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
13And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
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, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
19And the king said, Is not 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 ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
20To fetch about this form of speech 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 the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
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1 Sam 25:26-28
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26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
27And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
28I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
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13Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
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17And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also 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 LORD God.
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19O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
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7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
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17Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
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26And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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1 Chr 17:23
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23Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
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17And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine 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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1 Sam 28:22
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22Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
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