2 Samuel 14:12
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The woman said: Let thy hand maid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.

Let thine

1 Samuel 25:24 And she fell at his feet, and said: Upon me let this iniquity be, my lord: let thy handmaid speak, I beseech thee, in thy ears, and hear the words of thy servant.

speak one word

Genesis 18:27,32 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes. . . .

Genesis 44:18 Then Juda coming nearer, said boldly: I beseech thee, my lord, let thy servant speak a word in thy ears, and be not angry with thy servant: for after Pharao thou art.

Jeremiah 12:1 Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?

Say on

Acts 26:1 Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer.

Context
Absalom's Return to Jerusalem
11And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 12The woman said: Let thy hand maid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.13And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?…
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:11
And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

2 Samuel 14:13
And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?

Lexicon
Then the woman
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

said,
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Please,
נָ֧א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

may your servant
שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8198: Maid, maidservant

speak
תְּדַבֶּר־ (tə·ḏab·ber-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

a word
דָּבָ֑ר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

my lord
אֲדֹנִ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

the king?”
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

“Speak,”
דַּבֵּֽרִי׃ (dab·bê·rî)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

he replied.
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say


Additional Translations
Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.Then the woman said, Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

And the woman said, Let now thy servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

Then the woman said, "Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."

And the woman saith, 'Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;' and he saith, 'Speak.'
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