Thereוְשָׁםhappened to beנִקְרָאa wickedבְּלִיַּעַלmanאִישׁwhose name wasוּשְׁמוֹShebaשֶׁבַעsonבֶּןof Bichri,בִּכְרִיa Benjaminite;אִישׁ יְמִינִיhe blewוַיִּתְקַעthe hornבַּשֹּׁפָרand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“We haveלָנוּnoאֵיןportionחֵלֶקin David,בְּדָוִדand noוְלֹאinheritanceנַחֲלָהfor usלָנוּin the sonבְּבֶןof Jesse!יִשַׁיEach manאִישׁto his tents,לְאֹהָלָיוIsrael!”יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Samuel 20:1
Study it in the app“There happened to be a wicked man whose name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; he blew the horn and said, “We have no portion in David, and no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse! Each man to his tents, Israel!””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 20:1, word by word
- happened to beנִקְרָאnikra
befall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “nikra” appears- a wickedבְּלִיַּעַלbeliyaal
worthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “beliyaal” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- whose name wasשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Shebaשֶׁבַעsheva
Sheba
Sheba: a town of Simeon; also a personal name.
Where else “sheva” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Bichriבִּכְרִיbichri
Bichri
Bichri, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, father of Sheba, who rebelled against David (2 Samuel 20). The lexicon links the name with "firstborn, youthful".
Where else “bichri” appears- a Benjaminiteיְמִינִיyemini
Benjaminite
Of the tribe of the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel.
Where else “yemini” appears- he blewיִּתְקַעyitka
blow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitka” appears- the hornשֹּׁפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- portionחֵלֶקchelek
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appears- in Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- of Jesseיִשַׁיyishay
Jesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appears- to his tentsאֹהָלָיohalay
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohalay” 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
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2So all the men of Israel went up from after David and after Sheba son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clung to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.