What Does 2 Samuel 14:10 Mean in the King James?
And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The king’s promise makes protection a boundary on someone else’s reach, backed by authority.
THE MEANING
The king takes the threatened contact under his authority and declares that it will not happen again. The verse treats protection as a boundary backed by power, not merely a wish that harm would stop.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that someone who has already threatened or harmed you gets the final say over whether that harm continues.
THE ROOT
לָגַעַת
lāgaʿat
GROWS FROM
נגע
to touch, reach, or make contact
The Hebrew verb נגע (nagaʿ, to touch or reach) shares its root with words for affliction. That echo lets “touch” carry the possibility of harmful impact, while the king’s words set a limit on any further contact.
ALSO GROWS
negaʿ: plague, affliction, or blow
נֶגַע
This branch shows how contact can become something that strikes or afflicts.
nāgûaʿ: stricken or afflicted
נָגוּעַ
The same root can describe someone who bears the impact of harm, sharpening the force of the promise that the contact will not continue.
THE PATTERN
A declaration backed by authority places a boundary around another person’s harmful reach.
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.THE THREAD
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.The same Hebrew root נגע (nagaʿ, touch or reach) appears in both verses. In each, a king’s word limits another person’s access, making protection a concrete boundary on contact.
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