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2 Samuel 23:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.


2 Samuel 23:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 23:1820 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/אֲבִישַׁ֞יwaʾăbiyšay
AbishaiconjH52
אֲחִ֣יʾăḥiy
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
יוֹאָ֣בywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
צְרוּיָ֗הṣərwyāh
ZeruiahnounH6870
ה֚וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
רֹ֣אשׁrōʾš
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
ה/שלשיhšlšy
third (partparticleH7992
rank · time) · three
הַ/שְּׁלֹשָׁ֔הhašəlōšāh
thirdparticleH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
וְ/הוּא֙wəhwʾ
heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
עוֹרֵ֣רʿwōrēr
wake(-nverbH5782
up) · lift up · master · raise ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
חֲנִית֔/וֹḥăniytwō
javelinnounH2595
spear
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁלֹ֥שׁšəlōš
thirdadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
מֵא֖וֹתmēʾwōt
hundredadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
חָלָ֑לḥālāl
killadjH2491
profane · slain · slew · wounded
וְ/ל/וֹwəlwō
conj
שֵׁ֖םšēm
famenounH8034
base · named · renown · report
בַּ/שְּׁלֹשָֽׁהbašəlōšāh
thirdpronH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
Words 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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