The sonבֶןof Saulשָׁאוּלhadהָיוּtwoוּשְׁנֵיmen,אֲנָשִׁיםcommandersשָׂרֵיof bands:גְדוּדִיםthe nameשֵׁםof the oneהָאֶחָדwasBaanah,בַּעֲנָהand the nameוְשֵׁםof the secondהַשֵּׁנִיRechab,רֵכָבsonsבְּנֵיof Rimmonרִמּוֹןthe Beerothite,הַבְּאֶרֹתִיofמִthe sonsבְּנֵיof Benjamin;בִנְיָמִןforכִּיBeerothבְּאֵרוֹתalsoגַּםis countedתֵּחָשֵׁבas part ofעַלBenjamin.בִּנְיָמִן
2 Samuel 4:2
Study it in the app“The son of Saul had two men, commanders of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the second Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is counted as part of Benjamin.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 4:2, word by word
- The sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- hadהָיוּhayu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appears- twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- commandersשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of bandsגְדוּדִיםgedudim
band, raiders
Band of raiders, troop that attacks by surprise.
Where else “gedudim” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- Baanahבַּעֲנָהbaana
Baanah
Baanah, the name of several men; among them the band leader who, with his brother Rechab, killed Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4), and the father of Heleb, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:29).
Where else “baana” appears- of the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- Rechabרֵכָבrechav
Rechab
Rechab, the name of several men; among them the one who, with his brother Baanah, killed Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4), and the ancestor of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35).
Where else “rechav” appears- of Rimmonרִמּוֹןrimon
Rimmon
Rimmon: the name of a god of the Syrians and of several towns, among them one of Judah in the Negev. The name means "pomegranate," the fruit.
Where else “rimon” appears- the Beerothiteבְּאֶרֹתִיbeeroti
Beerothite
Beerothite: an inhabitant of Beeroth, a Gibeonite city counted with Benjamin (Joshua 9:17).
Where else “beeroti” appears- of Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- Beerothבְּאֵרוֹתbeerot
Beeroth
Beeroth: one of the cities of the Gibeonites. The name means "wells."
Where else “beerot” appears- is countedתֵּחָשֵׁבtechashev
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “techashev” appears
The context
1When the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands went limp, and all Israel was dismayed.
2 · This verse (above)
3The Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have resided as foreigners there until this day.