Study it in the app“And the king said to him, “Do as he has spoken: fall upon him and bury him, and take away the blood that Joab shed without cause from me and from the house of my father.”
And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Doעֲשֵׂהasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe has spoken:דִּבֶּרfall uponוּפְגַעhimבּוֹand bury him,וּקְבַרְתּוֹand take awayוַהֲסִירֹתָthe bloodדְּמֵיthatאֲשֶׁרJoabיוֹאָבshedשָׁפַךְwithout causeחִנָּםfrom meמֵעָלַיand fromוּמֵעַלthe houseבֵּיתof my father.אָבִי
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsfall upon
To fall on someone to wound or kill him.
Where else “fega” appearsbury
Bury.
Where else “kevart” appearsremove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “hasirota” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “deme” appearsJoab
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” appearsspill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafach” appearswithout cause
With no reason or guilt to justify it.
Where else “chinam” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsThe law said that whoever kills treacherously is not protected even by the altar (Exodus 21:14).
30And Benaiah came to the tent of YHWH and said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come out.’” And he said, “No, but here I will die.” And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, “Thus Joab spoke, and thus he answered me.”
31 · This verse (above)
32And YHWH will bring back his blood on his head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
