And the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Is the young man
na`ar (nah'-ar)
babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Absalom
'Abiyshalowm (ab-ee-shaw-lome')
father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite -- Abishalom, Absalom.
safe
shalowm (shaw-lome')
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
And Ahimaaz
'Achiyma`ats (akh-ee-mah'-ats)
brother of anger; Achimaats, the name of three Israelites -- Ahimaaz.
answered
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
When Joab
Yow'ab (yo-awb')
Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites -- Joab.
sent
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
the king's
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
servant
`ebed (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
and me thy servant
`ebed (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
I saw
ra'ah (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
a great
gadowl (gaw-dole')
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
tumult
hamown (haw-mone')
a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth -- abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.
but I knew
yada` (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not what it was