2 Samuel 14:15

Now 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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
come	בָּ֜אתִי Ba.ti	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
speak	לְדַבֵּ֨ר le.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
thing	הַדָּבָ֣ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
lord	אֲדֹנִי֙ 'a.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
king	הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	הָעָ֑ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
afraid	יֵֽרְאֻ֖נִי ye.re.'U.ni	H3372	to fear · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix
handmaid	שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ shif.cha.te.Kha	H8198	a female slave (as a member of the household) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
said	וַתֹּ֤אמֶר va.To.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
speak	אֲדַבְּרָה 'a.da.be.rah-	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
king	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
perform	יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה ya.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
request	דְּבַ֥ר de.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular construct
handmaid	אֲמָתֽוֹ 'a.ma.To	H519	a maidservant or female slave · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:1-20

Here is, I. Joab's design to get Absalom recalled out of banishment, his crime pardoned, and his attainder reversed, Sa2 14:1. Joab made himself very busy in this affair. 1. As a courtier that was studious, by all ways possible, to ingratiate himself with his prince and improve his interest in his favour: He perceived that the king's heart was towards Absalom, and that, the heat of his displeasure being over, he still retained his old affection for him, and only wanted a friend to court him to be reconciled, and to contrive for him how he might do it without impeaching the honour of his justice. Joab, finding how David stood affected, undertook this good office. 2. As a friend to Absalom, fo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 14:13

Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, &c.--Her argument may be made clear in the following paraphrase:--You have granted me the pardon of a son who had slain his brother, and yet you will not grant to your subjects the restoration of Absalom, whose criminality is not greater than my son's, since he killed his brother in similar circumstances of provocation. Absalom has reason to complain that he is treated by his own father more sternly and severely than the meanest subject in the realm; and the whole nation will have cause for saying that the king shows more attention to the petition of a humble woman than to the wishes and desires of a whole kingdom. The…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 14:14

For we must needs die - Whatever is done must be done quickly; all must die; God has not exempted any person from this common lot. Though Amnon be dead, yet the death of Absalom cannot bring him to life, nor repair this loss. Besides, for his crime, he justly deserved to die; and thou, in this case didst not administer justice. Horrible as this fratricide is, it is a pardonable case: the crime of Amnon was the most flagitious; and the offense to Absalom, the ruin of his beloved sister, indescribably great. Seeing, then, that the thing is so, and that Amnon can be no more recalled to life than water spilt upon the ground can be gathered up again; and that God, whose vicegerent thou art, and w…

Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Joab — Jehovah is his father. (1.) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign (2 Sam. 2:13; 10:7; 11:1; 1 Kings 11:15). His father’s name…
Absalom · Is permitted by David to return to — Is permitted by David to return to
Dishonesty · .Joab’s guile in securing Absalom’s return — .Joab’s guile in securing Absalom’s return
Intercession · .Joab for Absalom — .Joab for Absalom
Joab · .Procures the return of Absalom to — .Procures the return of Absalom to
Kindness · .Joab to Absalom — .Joab to Absalom
Obsequiousness · .The woman of Tekoah — .The woman of Tekoah
Tact · Joab’ s trick in obtaining David’ s consent to the return of Absalom — Joab’ s trick in obtaining David’ s consent to the return of Absalom

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 14:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 14:13

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 14:14

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 14:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 14:13

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 14:14

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Samuel 14:15

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 14:1-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 14:14

Rashi on 2 Samuel 14:15