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Joabיוֹאָבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the Cushite,לַכּוּשִׁי“Go,לֵךְtellהַגֵּדthe kingלַמֶּלֶךְwhatאֲשֶׁרyou have seen.”רָאִיתָהThe Cushiteכוּשִׁיbowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּto Joabלְיוֹאָבand ran.וַיָּרֹץ
2 Samuel 18:21
Study it in the app“Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed down to Joab and ran.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 18:21, 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 Cushiteכּוּשִׁיkushi
Cushite
Cushite: a person from Cush, the region south of Egypt (toward present-day Sudan). Joab's messenger is called this (2 Samuel 18), and so is Ebed-melech, who pulled Jeremiah out of the cistern (Jeremiah 38). In the plural, the Cushites as a people. It says nothing good or bad about the person, only where they come from.
Where else “kushi” appears- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- tellהַגֵּדhaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “haged” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- you have seenרָאִיתָהraita
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appears- bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחוּyishtachu
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachu” appears- and ranיָּרֹץyarots
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarots” appears
Translation note
“Cushite”: a man from Cush, the region south of Egypt.
The context
20Joab said to him, “You are not a man of news this day; you may bring news another day, but this day you shall not bring news, because the king’s son is dead.”
21 · This verse (above)
22Ahimaaz son of Zadok spoke again to Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, when you have no news that finds reward?”