Study it in the app“Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the end? And how long will you not tell the people to turn back from following their brothers?””
AbnerאַבְנֵרcalledוַיִּקְרָאtoאֶלJoabיוֹאָבand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Shallהֲthe swordחֶרֶבdevourתֹּאכַלforever?לָנֶצַחDo you notהֲלוֹאknowיָדַעְתָּהthatכִּיit will beתִהְיֶהbitternessמָרָהin the end?בָּאַחֲרוֹנָהAnd how longוְעַד מָתַיwill you notלֹאtellתֹאמַרthe peopleלָעָםto turn backלָשׁוּבfrom followingמֵאַחֲרֵיtheir brothers?”אֲחֵיהֶם
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” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsdevour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochal” appearsforever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appearsbitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mara” appearslast
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharona” appearswhen?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears25The sons of Benjamin gathered behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a hill.
26 · This verse (above)
27Joab said, “As Elohim lives, if you had not spoken, surely then from the morning the people would have withdrawn, each from following his brother.”
