What Does 2 Samuel 17:2 Mean?

“And I will come”

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

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“upon him while he is weary”

tired; hence (transitive) tiresome

“and weak”

slack (in body or mind)

“handed”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“and will make him afraid”

to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“that are with him shall flee”

to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

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

“and all the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“and I will smite”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the king”

a king

properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit