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Asahelעֲשָׂהאֵלpursuedוַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵיAbner,אַבְנֵרand he did notוְלֹאturn asideנָטָהto goלָלֶכֶתtoעַלthe rightהַיָּמִיןorוְtoעַלthe leftהַשְּׂמֹאולfrom followingמֵאַחֲרֵיAbner.אַבְנֵר
2 Samuel 2:19
Study it in the app“Asahel pursued Abner, and he did not turn aside to go to the right or to the left from following Abner.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 2:19, word by word
- Asahelעֲשָׂהאֵלasahel
Asahel
Asahel, the name of several men. The best known is the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab and Abishai, very swift of foot, whom Abner killed (2 Samuel 2:18-23). It means "God has made".
Where else “asahel” appears- pursuedיִּרְדֹּףyirdof
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdof” appears- Abnerאַבְנֵרavner
Abner
Abner, son of Ner, relative of King Saul and commander of his army. In 1 Samuel 14:50 the Hebrew writes the long form, "Abiner." The name means "my father is a lamp."
Where else “avner” appears- turn asideנָטָהnata
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “nata” appears- to goלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- the rightיָּמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- the leftשְּׂמֹאולsemovl
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semovl” appears
The context
18The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot like one of the gazelles that are in the field.
19 · This verse (above)
20Abner turned back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” He said, “It is I.”