2 Samuel 14:6

“Your servant had two sons, and the two of them fought in the field, and there was no deliverer between them; and the one struck the other and put him to death.”

2 Samuel 14:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Samuel 14:6, word by word

Your servantשִׁפְחָתְshifchat

female slave, servant

Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.

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had twoשְׁנֵיshene

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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sonsבָנִיםvanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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foughtיִּנָּצוּyinatsu

fight

For two or more people to fight each other.

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in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

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delivererמַצִּילmatsil

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

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and the oneאֶחָדechad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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struckיַּכּyak

strike dead

To strike dead, kill.

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and put him to deathיָּמֶתyamet

kill

To kill someone.

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The context

5The king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She said, “Truly I am a widow woman; my husband died.

6 · This verse (above)

7And look, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they have said, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and we will destroy the heir too.’ So they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave to my husband name or remnant on the face of the ground.”

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