2 Samuel 2:27

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2 Samuel 2:27, word by word

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."

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“As Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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livesחַיchay

as lives

The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.

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if you had notלוּלֵאlule

if not, unless

If not, unless, were it not that.

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spokenדִּבַּרְתָּdibarta

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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would have withdrawnנַעֲלָהnaala

rise

To rise: the sun, the smoke.

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eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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his brotherאָחִיachi

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

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Translation note

The sense may be “only in the morning would the people have withdrawn” (they would have kept on all night) or “already from the morning the people would have withdrawn” (if Abner had not proposed the combat, v. 14).

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