2 Samuel 18:11

“Joab said to the man who told him, “And look, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there and bring him to the ground? And it would have been for me to give you ten shekels of silver and one belt.””

2 Samuel 18:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Samuel 18:11, word by word

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."

Where else “yoav” appears
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to the manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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who toldמַּגִּידmagid

tell

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

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you saw himרָאִיתָraita

see

To see with one's eyes.

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Why thenמַדּוּעַmadua

why?

Why? For what reason?

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strike himהִכִּיתhikit

strike dead

To strike dead, kill.

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and bring him to the groundאָרְצָartsa

ground

What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.

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to giveתֶתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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tenעֲשָׂרָהasara

ten

Ten.

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shekels of silverכֶסֶףchesef

money

What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.

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and oneאֶחָתechat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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beltחֲגֹרָהchagora

loincloth, belt

Something tied round the waist: a belt or loincloth.

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The context

10A certain man saw it and told Joab, and said, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak.”

11 · This verse (above)

12The man said to Joab, “Even if I were weighing on my palms a thousand shekels of silver, I would not put out my hand against the son of the king; for in our ears the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect, whoever you are, the young man, Absalom.’

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