“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 23:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 23:1820 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/אֲבִישַׁ֞יwaʾăbiyšay
and AbishaiconjH52
אֲחִ֣יʾăḥiy
the brother ofnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
יוֹאָ֣בywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
בֶּןben
the son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
צְרוּיָ֗הṣərwyāh
ZeruiahnounH6870
ה֚וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
רֹ֣אשׁrōʾš
was the chiefnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
ה/שלשיhšlšy
third (partparticleH7992
rank · time) · three
הַ/שְּׁלֹשָׁ֔הhašəlōšāh
threeparticleH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
וְ/הוּא֙wəhwʾ
and heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
עוֹרֵ֣רʿwōrēr
he wieldedverbH5782
up) · lift up · master · raise ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
חֲנִית֔/וֹḥăniytwō
spear hisnounH2595
spear
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁלֹ֥שׁšəlōš
among the threeadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
מֵא֖וֹתmēʾwōt
hundredadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
חָלָ֑לḥālāl
one slainadjH2491
profane · slain · slew · wounded
וְ/ל/וֹwəlwō
conj
שֵׁ֖םšēm
a namenounH8034
base · named · renown · report
בַּ/שְּׁלֹשָֽׁהbašəlōšāh
thirdpronH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
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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