Study it in the app“They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab were destroying, to bring down the wall.”
They cameוַיָּבֹאוּand besiegedוַיָּצֻרוּhimעָלָיוin Abelבְּאָבֵלָהof Beth-maacah,בֵּית הַמַּעֲכָהand they cast upוַיִּשְׁפְּכוּa siege rampסֹלְלָהagainstאֶלthe city,הָעִירand it stoodוַתַּעֲמֹדagainst the rampart;בַּחֵלand allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere withאֶתJoabיוֹאָבwere destroying,מַשְׁחִיתִםto bring downלְהַפִּילthe wall.הַחוֹמָה
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsbesiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “yatsuru” appearsAbel
Abel: a place name meaning "meadow"; it is part of several names (Abel-meholah, Abel-keramim). In 1 Samuel 6:18 the Hebrew text uses it for the great stone of Beth-shemesh.
Where else “avela” appearsBeth-maacah
Beth-maacah: a place in the far north of Israel, joined to the name of the city of Abel ("Abel of Beth-maacah"). The name means "house of Maacah".
Where else “bet” appearsheap up
To pile earth against a wall in order to climb it and take the city.
Where else “yishpchu” appearssiege ramp
Siege ramp: a mound of earth that an army raised against the wall of a besieged city in order to climb up and attack it.
Where else “solla” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appearsrampart
A city's outer wall.
Where else “chel” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsJoab
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” appearsdestroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “mashchitim” appearscast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “hapil” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears14He passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and Beth-maacah, and all the Berites gathered and went after him too.
15 · This verse (above)
16A wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, so that I may speak to you.’”
