New American Standard Bible 1995

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2 Samuel

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"For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life, but plans ways so that the banished one will not be cast out from him.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"For we will surely to die Verb H4191 מֹ֣ות mo·vt
die to die Verb H4191 נָמ֔וּת na·mut,
and are like water waters, water Noun H4325 וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙ ve·cham·ma·yim
spilled to pour, flow, run Verb H5064 הַנִּגָּרִ֣ים han·nig·ga·rim
on the ground earth, land Noun H776 אַ֔רְצָה ar·tzah,
which who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁ֖ר a·sher
cannot not Adverb H3808 לֹ֣א lo
be gathered to gather, remove Verb H622 יֵאָסֵ֑פוּ ye·'a·se·fu;
up again. Yet God God, god Noun H430 אֱלֹהִים֙ e·lo·him
does not take to lift, carry, take Verb H5375 יִשָּׂ֤א yis·sa
away life, a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Noun H5315 נֶ֔פֶשׁ ne·fesh,
but plans to think, account Verb H2803 וְחָשַׁב֙ ve·cha·shav
ways thought, device Noun H4284 מַֽחֲשָׁבֹ֔ות ma·cha·sha·vo·vt,
so that the banished to impel, thrust, banish Verb H5080 יִדַּ֥ח yid·dach
one will not be cast to impel, thrust, banish Verb H5080 נִדָּֽח׃ nid·dach.
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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New American Standard Bible 1995 "For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life, but plans ways so that the banished one will not be cast out from him.
King James Bible "For For we will surely die must needs die, and are like as water spilled spilt on the ground ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet again; neither doth God does not take away life, but plans ways so respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that the his banished one will be not be cast out expelled from him.
Hebrew Greek English "For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life, but plans ways so that the banished one will not be cast out from him.