Amasaוַעֲמָשָׂאlay wallowingמִתְגֹּלֵלin his bloodבַּדָּםin the middleבְּתוֹךְof the highway.הַמְסִּלָּהWhen the manוַ הָאִישׁsawיַּרְאthatכִּיallכָּלthe peopleהָעָםstopped,עָמַדhe movedוַיַּסֵּבAmasaעֲמָשָׂאfromמִןthe highwayהַמְסִלָּהinto the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהand threwוַיַּשְׁלֵךְa garmentבֶּגֶדover him,עָלָיוwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרhe sawרָאָהthat everyoneכָּלwho cameהַבָּאby himעָלָיוstopped.וְעָמָד
2 Samuel 20:12
Study it in the app“Amasa 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 20:12, word by word
- Amasaעֲמָשָׂאamasa
Amasa
Amasa: the name of two men: the son of Ithra and Abigail, David's nephew, whom Absalom put at the head of his army and whom Joab later killed (2 Samuel 17–20); and a chief of Ephraim in the time of King Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:12). The lexicon relates the name to "burden."
Where else “amasa” appears- lay wallowingמִתְגֹּלֵלmitgolel
roll
To turn something over and over, or wallow.
Where else “mitgolel” appears- in his bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- in the middleתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the highwayמְסִּלָּהmesila
highway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesila” appears- When the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yar” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- stoppedעָמַדamad
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “amad” appears- he movedיַּסֵּבyasev
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “yasev” appears- into the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- and threwיַּשְׁלֵךְyashlech
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlech” appears- a garmentבֶּגֶדbeged
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “beged” appears- who cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears
The context
11And 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!”
12 · This verse (above)
13When he was removed from the highway, every man went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.