2 Samuel 5 — Rabbi

2 Samuel 5:1

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ

bôwʼ

and — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) כָּל

kôl

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) שִׁבְטֵ֧י

shêbeṭ

a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל

Yisrâʼêl

he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity אֶל

ʼêl

near, with or among; often in general, to דָּוִ֖ד

Dâvid

David, the youngest son of Jesse חֶבְר֑וֹנָה

Chebrôwn

Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ

ʼâmar

and — to say (used with great latitude) לֵאמֹ֔ר

ʼâmar

to/for — to say (used with great latitude) הִנְנ֛וּ

hên

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if עַצְמְךָ֥

ʻetsem

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ֖

bâsâr

and — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man אֲנָֽחְנוּ

ʼănachnûw

2 Samuel 5:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

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"We are your bone and your flesh" - the tribes appeal to kinship, not conquest, as their reason for unifying under David. He becomes king of all Israel by invitation, not force.

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“Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.”

2 Samuel 5:1

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