Joabיוֹאָבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the manלָאִישׁwho toldהַמַּגִּידhim,לוֹ“And look,וְהִנֵּהyou saw him!רָאִיתָWhy thenוּמַדּוּעַdid you notלֹאstrike himהִכִּיתוֹthereשָׁםand bring him to the ground?אָרְצָהAnd it would have been for meוְעָלַיto giveלָתֶתyouלְךָtenעֲשָׂרָהshekels of silverכֶסֶףand oneוַ אֶחָתbelt.”חֲגֹרָה
2 Samuel 18:11
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who toldמַּגִּידmagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “magid” appears- you saw himרָאִיתָraita
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appears- Why thenמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- strike himהִכִּיתhikit
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hikit” appears- and bring him to the groundאָרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears- to giveתֶתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- shekels of silverכֶסֶףchesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chesef” appears- and oneאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- beltחֲגֹרָהchagora
loincloth, belt
Something tied round the waist: a belt or loincloth.
Where else “chagora” appears
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.’