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Joabיוֹאָבblewוַיִּתְקַעthe horn,בַּשּׁוֹפָרand allוַ כָּלthe peopleהָעָםstood still,יַּעַמְדוּand they did notוְלֹאpursueיִרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵיIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלany longer,עוֹדand they did notוְלֹאcontinueיָסְפוּto fightלְהִלָּחֵםanymore.עוֹד
2 Samuel 2:28
Study it in the app“Joab blew the horn, and all the people stood still, and they did not pursue Israel any longer, and they did not continue to fight anymore.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 2:28, 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."
Where else “yoav” appears- blewיִּתְקַעyitka
blow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitka” appears- the hornשּׁוֹפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- stood stillיַּעַמְדוּyaamdu
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “yaamdu” appears- pursueיִרְדְּפוּyirdfu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdfu” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- continueיָסְפוּyasfu
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yasfu” appears- to fightהִלָּחֵםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears
The context
27Joab said, “As Elohim lives, if you had not spoken, surely then from the morning the people would have withdrawn, each from following his brother.”
28 · This verse (above)
29And Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night; they crossed the Jordan, went through the whole Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.