Study it in the app“And to Amasa say, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? So may Elohim do to me, and so may he add, if you do not become commander of the army before me all the days in place of Joab.’””
And to Amasaוְלַעֲמָשָׂאsay,תֹּמְרוּ‘Are you notהֲלוֹא אָתָּהmy boneעַצְמִיand my flesh?וּבְשָׂרִיSoכֹּהmay Elohimאֱלֹהִיםdoיַעֲשֶׂהto me,לִּיand soוְכֹהmay he add,יוֹסִיףifאִםyou do notלֹאbecomeתִּהְיֶהcommanderשַׂרof the armyצָבָאbefore meלְפָנַיallכָּלthe daysהַיָּמִיםin place ofתַּחַתJoab.’”יוֹאָב
Amasa
Amasa: the name of two men: the son of Ithra and Abigail, David's nephew, whom Absalom put at the head of his army and whom Joab later killed (2 Samuel 17–20); and a chief of Ephraim in the time of King Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:12). The lexicon relates the name to "burden."
Where else “amasa” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appearsbone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmi” appearsflesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesari” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearsadd
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosif” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihye” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsarmy
An army.
Where else “tsava” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” 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” appears“So may Elohim do to me and so may he add” is an oath formula: the one who says it asks for a punishment on himself if he does not keep his word (Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 3:17). Amasa had been the commander of Absalom’s army (17:25).
12You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’
13 · This verse (above)
14So he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your servants.”
