Study it in the app“And if he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it to the wadi, until not even a pebble is found there.””
And ifוְאִםhe withdrawsיֵאָסֵףintoאֶלa city,עִירthen allוְ כָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill bringהִשִּׂיאוּropesחֲבָלִיםtoאֶלthatהַהִיאcity,הָעִירand we will dragוְסָחַבְנוּitאֹתוֹtoעַדthe wadi,הַנַּחַלuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרnotלֹאevenגַּםa pebbleצְרוֹרis foundנִמְצָאthere.”שָׁם
gather
To bring together what was scattered, like the harvest.
Where else “yeasef” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” 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” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “hisiu” appearscord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavalim” appearsdrag
Drag something along the ground, pull it. It is said of a city dragged with ropes (2 Samuel 17:13), of a corpse, or of animals dragged away.
Where else “sachavnu” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearspebble
A very small stone, like a bit of gravel.
Where else “tseror” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears12So we will come upon him in one of the places where he is found there, and we will settle on him as the dew falls on the ground; and not even one will be left of him and of all the men who are with him.
13 · This verse (above)
14Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For YHWH had commanded to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that YHWH might bring the evil on Absalom.
