2 SAMUEL 20:10

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.”

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2 Samuel 20:10 Translation & Meaning

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But Amasa וַֽעֲמָשָׂ֨א Amasa, the name of two Israelites Amasa
took no לֹֽא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles took no
heed נִשְׁמַ֜ר Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc heed
to the sword בַּחֶ֣רֶב׀ Drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement sword
that אֲשֶׁ֣ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
in Joab's יוֹאָ֗ב Joab, the name of three Israelites Joabs
hand: בְּיַד A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hand
so he smote וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩ To strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) smote
him therewith in אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to therewith
the fifth הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ The abdomen (as obese) fifth
rib, (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
and shed out וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ To spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out shed out
his bowels מֵעָ֥יו Used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively) bowels
to the ground, אַ֛רְצָה The earth (at large, or partitively a land) ground
and struck שָׁ֥נָה To fold, i.e., duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive) struck
him not וְלֹא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
again; and he died. וַיָּמֹ֑ת To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill again died
So Joab וְיוֹאָב֙ Joab, the name of three Israelites Joab
and Abishai וַֽאֲבִישַׁ֣י Abishai, an Israelite Abishai
his brother אָחִ֔יו A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) brother
pursued רָדַ֕ף To run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by) pursued
after אַֽחֲרֵ֖י Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) after
Sheba שֶׁ֥בַע Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites Sheba
the son בֶּן A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) son
of Bichri. בִּכְרִֽי׃ Bikri, an Israelite Bichri

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  • 8  When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

  • 9  And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

  • 10  But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 11  And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

  • 12  And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.




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