The sonsבְּנֵיof Rimmonרִמּוֹןthe Beerothite,הַבְּאֵרֹתִיRechabרֵכָבand Baanah,וּבַעֲנָהset outוַיֵּלְכוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּin the heatכְּחֹםof the dayהַיּוֹםtoאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof Ish-bosheth,אִישׁ בֹּשֶׁתas heוְהוּאwas lying downשֹׁכֵבforthe middayהַצָּהֳרָיִםrest.מִשְׁכַּב
2 Samuel 4:5
Study it in the app“The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he was lying down for the midday rest.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 4:5, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” 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 Beerothiteבְּאֵרֹתִיbeeroti
Beerothite
Beerothite: an inhabitant of Beeroth, a Gibeonite city counted with Benjamin (Joshua 9:17).
Where else “beeroti” 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- and Baanahבַעֲנָהvaana
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 “vaana” appears- set outיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- in the heatחֹםchom
heat
Heat.
Where else “chom” appears- of the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of Ish-boshethאִישׁish
Ish-bosheth
Ish-bosheth, a son of Saul whom Abner made king over Israel after his father's death (2 Samuel 2-4). The name means "man of shame"; in 1 Chronicles 8:33 he is called Eshbaal.
Where else “ish” appears- was lying downשֹׁכֵבshochev
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shochev” appears- the middayצָּהֳרָיִםtsahorayim
noon
When the sun is highest; or full light.
Where else “tsahorayim” appears- restמִשְׁכַּבmishkav
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkav” appears
The context
4Now Jonathan son of Saul had a son injured in the feet. He was five years old when the news of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up and fled; and it happened, as she hurried to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
5 · This verse (above)
6And there they came into the middle of the house, as though fetching wheat, and they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.