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2 Samuel 3:30 — King James Version← Study notes

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.


2 Samuel 3:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 3:3013 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יוֹאָב֙wəywōʾāb
JoabconjH3097
וַ/אֲבִישַׁ֣יwaʾăbiyšay
AbishaiconjH52
אָחִ֔י/וʾāḥiyw
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
הָרְג֖וּhārəgw
destroyverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
לְ/אַבְנֵ֑רləʾabənēr
AbnerpronH74
עַל֩ʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הֵמִ֜יתhēmiyt
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֲשָׂהאֵ֧לʿăśāhʾēl
AsahelnounH6214
אֲחִי/הֶ֛םʾăḥiyhem
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
בְּ/גִבְע֖וֹןbəgibəʿwōn
GibeonpronH1391
בַּ/מִּלְחָמָֽהbamiləḥāmāh
battlepronH4421
fight · war
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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