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Joabיוֹאָבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Amasa,לַעֲמָשָׂא“Are youהֲ אַתָּהwell,שָׁלוֹםmy brother?”אָחִיAnd Joab’sיוֹאָבrightיְמִיןhandיַדtook holdוַתֹּחֶזof Amasa’sעֲמָשָׂאbeardבִּזְקַןto kissלִנְשָׁקhim.לוֹ
2 Samuel 20:9
Study it in the app“Joab said to Amasa, “Are you well, my brother?” And Joab’s right hand took hold of Amasa’s beard to kiss him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 20:9, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to 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- wellשָׁלוֹםshalom
well-being
Health, safety, nothing lacking.
Where else “shalom” appears- my brotherאָחִachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- rightיְמִיןyemin
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “yemin” appears- handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- took holdתֹּחֶזtochez
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “tochez” appears- beardזְקַןzekan
beard
Beard; also the chin.
Where else “zekan” appears- to kissנְשָׁקneshak
kiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “neshak” appears
The context
8They were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, and Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with the garment he wore, and over it was a belt with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went out, it fell out.
9 · This verse (above)
10But Amasa did not guard himself against the sword that was in the hand of Joab, and he struck him with it in the belly and poured out his entrails on the ground, and he did not repeat the blow on him, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.