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And a manוְאִישׁof Joab’sיוֹאָבyoung menמִנַּעֲרֵיstoodעָמַדby himעָלָיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whoeverמִי אֲשֶׁרdelightsחָפֵץin Joab,בְּיוֹאָבand whoeverוּמִי אֲשֶׁרis for David,לְדָוִדlet him go afterאַחֲרֵיJoab!”יוֹאָב
2 Samuel 20:11
Study it in the app“And a man of Joab’s young men stood by him and said, “Whoever delights in Joab, and whoever is for David, let him go after Joab!””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 20:11, word by word
- And a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Joab’sיוֹאָבyoav
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- young menנַּעֲרֵיnaare
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naare” appears- stoodעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- delightsחָפֵץchafets
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafets” appears- is for Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears
The context
10But Amasa did not guard himself against the sword that was in the hand of Joab, and he struck him with it in the belly and poured out his entrails on the ground, and he did not repeat the blow on him, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.
11 · This verse (above)
12Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stopped, he moved Amasa from the highway into the field and threw a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stopped.