Study it in the app“Ahimaaz 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?””
Ahimaazאֲחִימַעַץsonבֶּןof Zadokצָדוֹקspokeוַיֹּאמֶרagainוַיֹּסֶף עוֹדtoאֶלJoab,יוֹאָב“Whateverוִיהִי מָהhappens, pleaseנָּאlet meאָנִיalsoגַםrunאָרֻצָהafterאַחֲרֵיthe Cushite.”הַכּוּשִׁיJoabיוֹאָבsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whyלָמָּהwillזֶּהyouאַתָּהrun,רָץmy son,בְּנִיwhenוּyou haveלְכָהnoאֵיןnewsבְּשׂוֹרָהthat finds reward?”מֹצֵאת
Ahimaaz
Ahimaaz: the name of several people: the father of Ahinoam, Saul's wife; the son of the priest Zadok (2 Samuel 15:27); and Solomon's officer in Naphtali (1 Kings 4:15).
Where else “achimaats” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsZadok
Zadok: the name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."
Where else “tsadok” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” appearsJoab
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” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yhi” appearsrun
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “arutsa” appearsCushite
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” appearsnews, reward for news
News, especially good news; also the payment given to the one who brings it.
Where else “besora” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “motset” appearsThe end is difficult in Hebrew: literally, “for you there is no news that finds.”
21Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed down to Joab and ran.
22 · This verse (above)
23He said, “Whatever happens, I will run.” He said to him, “Run.” So Ahimaaz ran by the road of the plain and passed the Cushite.
