The Meaning of 2 Samuel 16:7 Explained

2 Samuel 16:7

KJV: And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

YLT: And thus said Shimei in his reviling, 'Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!

Darby: And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial!

ASV: And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:

What is the context of 2 Samuel 16:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thus said  Shimei  when he cursed,  Come out,  come out,  thou bloody  man,  and thou man  of Belial: 

What does 2 Samuel 16:7 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 16:1-12 - A Day That Revealed Character
There may have been some truth in Ziba's statement, but we should balance it with 2 Samuel 19:24. Shimei vented the spleen of the house of Saul. He probably referred to the recent execution of the sons of Rizpah, and perhaps suggested that David had been guilty of all the disaster that had befallen Saul's house from the day of Gilboa. When men curse us, whether we deserve it or not, let us look past them to the permissive will of God. "Let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him!"
When, through the treachery of Judas, the bitter cup came to the lips of our Lord, he said, "It is the cup that my Father hath given me to drink." Pain and sorrow, treachery and hard speeches, may be devised against us by the malignity of an Ahithophel, a Shimei, or a Judas; but by the time these have passed, through the permissive will of God, we may receive them as the strokes of His chastening rod, that we may partake of His holiness. We are not the sport of chance or human caprice. God deals with us as with sons. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 16

1  Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance
5  At Bahurim, Shimei curses David
9  David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge
15  Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel
20  Ahithophel's counsel

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 16:7 mean?

And thus said Shimei when he cursed come out come out man You bloodthirsty and you rogue
וְכֹֽה־ אָמַ֥ר שִׁמְעִ֖י בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ צֵ֥א צֵ֛א אִ֥ישׁ הַדָּמִ֖ים וְאִ֥ישׁ הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל

וְכֹֽה־  And  thus 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַ֥ר  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
שִׁמְעִ֖י  Shimei 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁמְעִי  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David.
בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ  when  he  cursed 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קָלַל  
Sense: to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light.
צֵ֥א  come  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
צֵ֛א  come  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
אִ֥ישׁ  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
הַדָּמִ֖ים  You  bloodthirsty 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
וְאִ֥ישׁ  and  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל  rogue 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּלִיַּעַל  
Sense: worthlessness.