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Amasaעֲמָשָׂאwentוַיֵּלֶךְto call outלְהַזְעִיקJudah,יְהוּדָהbut he delayedוַיּוֹחֶרbeyondמִןthe appointed timeהַמּוֹעֵדthatאֲשֶׁרhe had appointed him.יְעָדוֹ
2 Samuel 20:5
Study it in the app“Amasa went to call out Judah, but he delayed beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 20:5, 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to call outהַזְעִיקhazik
summon
To call together.
Where else “hazik” appears- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- but he delayedיּוֹחֶרyocher
delay
Delay, hold back; stay late.
Where else “yocher” appears- the appointed timeמּוֹעֵדmoed
appointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moed” appears- he had appointed himיְעָדyead
appoint
To designate beforehand for whom, when or where something falls.
Where else “yead” appears
The context
4The king said to Amasa, “Call out for me the men of Judah within three days, and you be present here.”
5 · This verse (above)
6David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. You take the servants of your lord and pursue him, or he will find for himself fortified cities and escape our eye.”