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Then the archersוַ הַמּוֹרִיםshotיֹּרוּatאֶלyour servantsעֲבָדֶךָfromמֵעַלthe wall,הַחוֹמָהand someוַof the servantsמֵעַבְדֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְdied;יָּמוּתוּand your servantוְ עַבְדְּךָUriahאוּרִיָּהthe Hittiteהַחִתִּיis deadמֵתalso.”גַם
2 Samuel 11:24
Study it in the app“Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the servants of the king died; and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 11:24, word by word
- Then the archersמּוֹרִיםmorim
shoot
To loose arrows from a bow and wound with them.
Where else “morim” appears- your servantsעֲבָדֶavade
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avade” appears- the wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- diedיָּמוּתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appears- Uriahאוּרִיָּהuriya
Uriah
Uriah: the name of several men; the best known is the Hittite, one of David's mighty men and husband of Bathsheba, whom David had killed in battle (2 Samuel 11). It means "my light is YHWH."
Where else “uriya” appears- the Hittiteחִתִּיchiti
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appears
The context
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.
24 · This verse (above)
25David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing be evil in your eyes, for the sword devours this one as well as that one; press your battle against the city and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”