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Joabיוֹאָבblewוַיִּתְקַעthe horn,בַּשֹּׁפָרand the peopleוַ הָעָםturned backיָּשָׁבfrom pursuingמִרְדֹףafterאַחֲרֵיIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלforכִּיJoabיוֹאָבheld backחָשַׂךְthe people.הָעָם
2 Samuel 18:16
Study it in the app“Joab blew the horn, and the people turned back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab held back the people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 18:16, 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- blewיִּתְקַעyitka
blow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitka” appears- the hornשֹּׁפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- turned backיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- from pursuingרְדֹףredof
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “redof” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- held backחָשַׂךְchasach
restrain
To curb something, like the tongue, or stop someone.
Where else “chasach” appears
The context
15Ten young men, who carried Joab’s armor, surrounded him and struck Absalom and put him to death.
16 · This verse (above)
17They took Absalom and threw him into the forest, into the great pit, and they raised over him a very great heap of stones; and all Israel fled, each to his tents.