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2 Samuel 3:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.


2 Samuel 3:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 3:2719 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֤שָׁבwayāšāb
((breakconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אַבְנֵר֙ʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
חֶבְר֔וֹןḥebərwōn
HebronnounH2275
וַ/יַּטֵּ֤/הוּwayaṭēhw
applyconjH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
יוֹאָב֙ywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
תּ֣וֹךְtwōkə
amongnounH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
הַ/שַּׁ֔עַרhašaʿar
cityparticleH8179
door · gate · port
לְ/דַבֵּ֥רlədabēr
answerpronH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אִתּ֖/וֹʾitwō
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
בַּ/שֶּׁ֑לִיbašeliy
quietlypronH7987
וַ/יַּכֵּ֤/הוּwayakēhw
beatconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
שָׁם֙šām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
הַ/חֹ֔מֶשׁhaḥōmeš
fifthparticleH2570
וַ/יָּ֕מָתwayāmāt
dead (bodyconjH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
בְּ/דַ֖םbədam
blood(-ypronH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
עֲשָׂהʿăśāh
AsahelnounH6214
אֵ֥לʾēl
AsahelnounH6214
אָחִֽי/וʾāḥiyw
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
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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