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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Davidבִּהְיוֹת דָּוִדwas in Edom,אֶת אֱדוֹםwhen Joabבַּ יוֹאָבthe commanderשַׂרof the armyהַצָּבָאwent upעֲלוֹתto buryלְקַבֵּרthe slain,אֶת הַחֲלָלִיםthat he struckוַיַּךְeveryכָּלmaleזָכָרin Edomבֶּאֱדוֹם
1 Kings 11:15
Study it in the app“And it happened, when David was in Edom, when Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, that he struck every male in Edom”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:15, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- when Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- was in Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- when Joabיוֹאָבyoav
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” appears- the commanderשַׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- of the armyצָּבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears- went upעֲלוֹתalot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appears- to buryקַבֵּרkaber
bury
Bury.
Where else “kaber” appears- the slainחֲלָלִיםchalalim
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalalim” appears- that he struckיַּךְyach
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yach” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
14And YHWH raised up an opponent to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the offspring of the king in Edom.
15 · This verse (above)
16— for six months Joab and all Israel lived there, until he had cut off every male in Edom —