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He said, “Whateverוִיהִי מָהhappens, I will run.”אָרוּץHe saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Run.”רוּץSo Ahimaazוַ אֲחִימַעַץranיָּרָץby the roadדֶּרֶךְof the plainהַכִּכָּרand passedוַיַּעֲבֹרthe Cushite.הַכּוּשִׁי
2 Samuel 18:23
Study it in the app“He said, “Whatever happens, I will run.” He said to him, “Run.” So Ahimaaz ran by the road of the plain and passed the Cushite.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 18:23, word by word
- He said, “Whateverיהִיyhi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yhi” appears- happens, I will runאָרוּץaruts
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “aruts” appears- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- So Ahimaazאֲחִימַעַץachimaats
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” appears- by the roadדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of the plainכִּכָּרkikar
plain
Literally "the circle": the lowland around the Jordan.
Where else “kikar” appears- and passedיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- 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
The context
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?”
23 · This verse (above)
24David was sitting between the two gates. The watchman went to the roof of the gate by the wall, and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and there was a man running alone.