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— forכִּיsixשֵׁשֶׁתmonthsחֳדָשִׁיםJoabיוֹאָבand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלlivedיָשַׁבthere,שָׁםuntilעַדhe had cut offהִכְרִיתeveryכָּלmaleזָכָרin Edom —בֶּאֱדוֹם
1 Kings 11:16
Study it in the app“— for six months Joab and all Israel lived there, until he had cut off every male in Edom —”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:16, word by word
- sixשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appears- monthsחֳדָשִׁיםchodashim
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodashim” appears- 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- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- livedיָשַׁבyashav
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- he had cut offהִכְרִיתhichrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrit” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- in Edom —אֱדוֹםedom
Edom
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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
15And 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
16 · This verse (above)
17Adad fled, he and some Edomite men of his father’s servants with him, to go to Egypt; Hadad was a little boy.