2 Samuel 17:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.”
עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
לוּן
you pass the night
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לוּן
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
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שָׁלַח
send
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שָׁלַח
To send. Shalach. God sent His Son. He still sends people today. You are sent. Every believer is a sent one carrying His authority.
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פֵּן
lest
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פֵּן
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
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בָּלַע
it should be swallowed up
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בָּלַע
it should be swallowed up
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
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מְהֵרָה
quickly
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מְהֵרָה
properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
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