2 Samuel 18:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.”

2 Samuel 18:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 18:1613 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּתְקַ֤עwayitəqaʿ

blowconjH8628

cast · clap · fasten · pitch ···

יוֹאָב֙ywōʾāb

JoabnounH3097

בַּ/שֹּׁפָ֔רbašōpār

cornetpronH7782

trumpet

וַ/יָּ֣שָׁבwayāšāb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

מִ/רְדֹ֖ףmirədōp

chasepronH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărēy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

חָשַׂ֥ךְḥāśakə

assuageverbH2820

darken · forbear · hinder · hold back ···

יוֹאָ֖בywōʾāb

JoabnounH3097

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָ/עָֽםhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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