Study it in the app“Joab son of Zeruiah began to count, but did not finish; and because of this there came wrath on Israel, and the number was not entered in the account of the chronicles of King David.”
Joabיוֹאָבsonבֶּןof Zeruiahצְרוּיָהbeganהֵחֵלto count,לִמְנוֹתbut did notוְלֹאfinish;כִלָּהand because of thisבָזֹאתthere cameוַיְהִיwrathקֶצֶףonעַלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand the numberהַמִּסְפָּרwas notוְלֹאenteredעָלָהin the accountבְּמִסְפַּרof the chroniclesדִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִיםof KingלַמֶּלֶךְDavid.דָּוִיד
Joab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsZeruiah
Zeruiah: sister of David and mother of Joab, Abishai and Asahel (1 Chronicles 2:16). Her sons are named after her: "the sons of Zeruiah."
Where else “tseruya” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechel” appearscount
To work out how many there are, counting them one by one.
Where else “menot” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chila” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appearswrath
A violent anger poured out on someone, above all YHWH's.
Where else “ketsef” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appearsdeeds
What someone did, set down in writing.
Where else “divre” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsThis is the census of chapter 21.
23But David did not take the number of those from twenty years old and under, for YHWH had said he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.
24 · This verse (above)
25Over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth son of Adiel; and over the stores in the field, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan son of Uzziah;
