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Abnerאַבְנֵרagainוַיֹּסֶף עוֹדsaidלֵאמֹרtoאֶלAsahel,עֲשָׂהאֵל“Turn awayסוּר לְךָfrom following me.מֵאַחֲרָיWhyלָמָּהshould I strike youאַכֶּכָּהto the ground?אַרְצָהAnd howוְאֵיךְcould I liftאֶשָּׂאmy faceפָנַיtoאֶלJoabיוֹאָבyour brother?”אָחִיךָ
2 Samuel 2:22
Study it in the app“Abner again said to Asahel, “Turn away from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? And how could I lift my face to Joab your brother?””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 2:22, word by word
- 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- againיֹּסֶףyosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosef” appears- saidאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- 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- “Turn awayסוּרsur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sur” appears- should I strike youאַכֶּake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “ake” appears- to the groundאַרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears- could I liftאֶשָּׂאesa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “esa” appears- my faceפָנַfana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appears- Joabיוֹאָבyoav
Joab
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- your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
21Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left, and seize for yourself one of the young men and take for yourself what he is wearing.” But Asahel would not turn away from following him.
22 · This verse (above)
23But he refused to turn away; so Abner struck him with the butt of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him; and he fell there and died in his place. And it happened that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died stood still.