New American Standard Bible 1995

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2 Samuel

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"Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters; As one falls before the wicked, you have fallen." And all the people wept again over him.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"Your hands hand Noun H3027 יָדֶ֣ךָ ya·de·cha
were not bound, to tie, bind, imprison Verb H631 אֲסֻרֹ֗ות a·su·ro·vt
nor not Adverb H3808 לֹֽא־ lo-
your feet foot Noun H7272 וְרַגְלֶ֙יךָ֙ ve·rag·lei·cha
put to draw near, approach Verb H5066 הֻגָּ֔שׁוּ hug·ga·shu,
in fetters; copper, bronze Noun H5178 לִנְחֻשְׁתַּ֣יִם lin·chush·ta·yim
As one falls to fall, lie Verb H5307 כִּנְפֹ֛ול kin·fo·vl
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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before face, faces Noun H6440 לִפְנֵ֥י lif·nei
the wicked, injustice, unrighteousness, wrong H5767    
you have fallen." to fall, lie Verb H5307 נָפָ֑לְתָּ na·fa·le·ta;
And all the whole, all Noun H3605 כָל־ chol-
the people people Noun H5971 הָעָ֖ם ha·'am
wept to weep, bewail Verb H1058 לִבְכֹּ֥ות liv·ko·vt
again to add Verb H3254 וַיֹּסִ֥פוּ vai·yo·si·fu
over upon, above, over Prepostion H5921 עָלָֽיו׃ a·lav.
him.      

Locations

Put

PUTput (puT; Phoud, in Genesis and Chronicles, variant for Genesis Phout, for Chronicles, Phouth):1. Renderings:In consequence of the identification at the time, the prophets have "Libya" (Libues), except Nab 3:9, where the Greek renders the word as phuge, "flight." The Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) has "Phut," "Phuth," and in the Prophets "Li... View Details

People

Put

a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters; As one falls before the wicked, you have fallen." And all the people wept again over him.
King James Bible "Your Thy hands were not bound, nor your thy feet put in fetters; As one falls into fetters: as a man falleth before the wicked, you have fallen." wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
Hebrew Greek English "Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters; As one falls before the wicked, you have fallen." And all the people wept again over him.