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And thereוְהֵנָּהthey cameבָּאוּintoעַדthe middleתּוֹךְof the house,הַבַּיִתas thoughfetchingלֹקְחֵיwheat,חִטִּיםand they struck himוַיַּכֻּהוּinאֶלthe belly;הַחֹמֶשׁand Rechabוְרֵכָבand Baanahוּבַעֲנָהhis brotherאָחִיוescaped.נִמְלָטוּ
2 Samuel 4:6
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 4:6, word by word
- they cameבָּאוּbau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bau” appears- the middleתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- fetchingלֹקְחֵיlokche
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lokche” appears- wheatחִטִּיםchitim
wheat
Wheat.
Where else “chitim” appears- and they struck himיַּכֻּyaku
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yaku” appears- the bellyחֹמֶשׁchomesh
belly
Belly, abdomen.
Where else “chomesh” appears- and 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- his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- escapedנִמְלָטוּnimlatu
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “nimlatu” appears
Translation note
The beginning is difficult in Hebrew; it is understood that they went in pretending to fetch wheat. Verses 6 and 7 tell of the entry twice.
The context
5The 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7They came into the house while he was lying on his bed in the room where he slept, and they struck him and put him to death and removed his head. They took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night.