2Sa 14:16 | NETfull | STEP | Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’

2 Samuel 14:16

16 Yes! ^{▼▼ Or “for.”} The king may ^{▼▼ Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here.} listen and deliver his female servant ^{▼▼ Heb “in order to deliver his maid.”} from the hand of the man who seeks to remove ^{▼▼ Heb “destroy.”} both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’ ^{▼▼ Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God.}