Study it in the app“The woman went to all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and they scattered from the city, each to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem, to the king.”
The womanהָאִשָּׁהwentוַתָּבוֹאtoאֶלallכָּלthe peopleהָעָםin her wisdom,בְּחָכְמָתָהּand they cut offוַיִּכְרְתוּthe headרֹאשׁof Shebaשֶׁבַעsonבֶּןof Bichriבִּכְרִיand threw itוַיַּשְׁלִכוּtoאֶלJoab.יוֹאָבHe blewוַיִּתְקַעthe horn,בַּשּׁוֹפָרand they scatteredוַיָּפֻצוּfromמֵעַלthe city,הָעִירeachאִישׁto his tents.לְאֹהָלָיוAnd Joabוְיוֹאָבreturnedשָׁבto Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםtoאֶלthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearswisdom
Knowing how to live well; it begins with revering YHWH.
Where else “chachmata” appearscut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “yichrtu” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsSheba
Sheba: a town of Simeon; also a personal name.
Where else “sheva” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsBichri
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” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” 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” appearsblow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitka” appearshorn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appearsbe scattered
To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
Where else “yafutsu” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohalay” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
21The matter is not so; but a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri by name, has lifted his hand against the king, against David. Hand over him alone, and I will go away from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Look, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
22 · This verse (above)
23Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
