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Whenכַּאֲשֶׁרhe was removedהֹגָהfromמִןthe highway,הַמְסִלָּהeveryכָּלmanאִישׁwent onעָבַרafterאַחֲרֵיJoabיוֹאָבto pursueלִרְדֹּףafterאַחֲרֵיShebaשֶׁבַעsonבֶּןof Bichri.בִּכְרִי
2 Samuel 20:13
Study it in the app“When he was removed from the highway, every man went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 20:13, word by word
- he was removedהֹגָהhoga
push away
Push away, remove. It appears only once in the Bible (2 Samuel 20:13).
Where else “hoga” appears- the highwayמְסִלָּהmesila
highway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesila” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- went onעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- 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- to pursueרְדֹּףredof
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “redof” 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
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14He passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and Beth-maacah, and all the Berites gathered and went after him too.