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So allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלknewיֵּדְעוּon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםthatכִּיit had notלֹא הָיְתָהbeen fromמֵthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְto put to deathלְהָמִיתAbnerאַבְנֵרsonבֶּןof Ner.נֵר
2 Samuel 3:37
Study it in the app“So all the people and all Israel knew on that day that it had not been from the king to put to death Abner son of Ner.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 3:37, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- knewיֵּדְעוּyedu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedu” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- it had notהָיְתָהhayta
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- to put to deathהָמִיתhamit
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamit” appears- Abnerאַבְנֵרavner
Abner
Abner, son of Ner, relative of King Saul and commander of his army. In 1 Samuel 14:50 the Hebrew writes the long form, "Abiner." The name means "my father is a lamp."
Where else “avner” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Nerנֵרner
Ner
Ner, father of Abner and relative of King Saul. The name means "lamp."
Where else “ner” appears
The context
36All the people took note, and it was good in their eyes, as everything that the king did was good in the eyes of all the people.
37 · This verse (above)
38The king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a commander and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?