King James Version
2 Samuel 17:5 in the King James Version says “Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. what: Heb. what is in his m...” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. what: Heb. what is in his mouth”
2 Samuel 17:5 · KJV
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. pleased: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. what: Heb. what is in his mouth
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou. his saying: Heb. his word
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. given: Heb. counselled
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“Call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“also and let us hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“likewise what he saith”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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
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