2 Samuel 11:22

“So the messenger went, and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.”

2 Samuel 11:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Samuel 11:22, word by word

So the messengerמַּלְאָךְmalach

messenger

Someone sent on an errand.

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wentיֵּלֶךְyelech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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and cameיָּבֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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and reportedיַּגֵּדyaged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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to Davidדָוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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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."

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had sent him to sayשְׁלָחshelach

send

To send someone or something.

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The context

21Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go near to the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.’”

22 · This verse (above)

23The messenger said to David, “The men prevailed against us and came out to us into the field, but we were upon them as far as the entrance of the gate.

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