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The peopleהָעָםwent outוַיֵּצֵאinto the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהto meetלִקְרַאתIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand the battleוַ הַמִּלְחָמָהwasתְּהִיin the forestבְּיַעַרof Ephraim.אֶפְרָיִם
2 Samuel 18:6
Study it in the app“The people went out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 18:6, word by word
- The peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yetse” appears- into the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
go against
To go out to meet an army in order to fight.
Where else “kerat” 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- and the battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- wasתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- in the forestיַעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears
The context
5The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Gently, for my sake, with the young man, with Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king commanded all the commanders about Absalom.
6 · This verse (above)
7The people of Israel were struck down there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day: twenty thousand.