Study it in the app“And 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.”
And YHWH will bring backוְהֵשִׁיב יְהוָהhis bloodאֶת דָּמוֹonעַלhis head,רֹאשׁוֹbecauseאֲשֶׁרhe fell uponפָּגַעtwoבִּשְׁנֵיmenאֲנָשִׁיםmore righteousצַדִּקִיםand betterוְטֹבִיםthan heמִמֶּנּוּand killed themוַיַּהַרְגֵםwith the sword,בַּחֶרֶבwhile my fatherוְאָבִיDavidדָוִדdid notלֹאknow it:יָדָעAbnerאֶת אַבְנֵרsonבֶּןof Ner,נֵרcommanderשַׂרof the armyצְבָאof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand Amasaוְאֶת עֲמָשָׂאsonבֶןof Jether,יֶתֶרcommanderשַׂרof the armyצְבָאof Judah.יְהוּדָה
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsfall upon
To fall on someone to wound or kill him.
Where else “paga” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsrighteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tovim” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yaharge” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appearsAbner
Abner, son of Ner, relative of King Saul and commander of his army. In 1 Samuel 14:50 the Hebrew writes the long form, "Abiner." The name means "my father is a lamp."
Where else “avner” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsNer
Ner, father of Abner and relative of King Saul. The name means "lamp."
Where else “ner” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsarmy
An army.
Where else “tseva” 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” appearsAmasa
Amasa: the name of two men: the son of Ithra and Abigail, David's nephew, whom Absalom put at the head of his army and whom Joab later killed (2 Samuel 17–20); and a chief of Ephraim in the time of King Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:12). The lexicon relates the name to "burden."
Where else “amasa” appearsJether
Jether, the name of several men, such as the father of Amasa (1 Kings 2:5) and the eldest son of Gideon (Judges 8:20). In Exodus 4:18 it is another form of the name of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses.
Where else “yeter” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears31And 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.
32 · This verse (above)
33So their blood shall return on the head of Joab and on the head of his offspring forever; but for David and for his offspring and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace forever from YHWH.”
