1 Kings 2:34 Go deeper
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So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֗עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 1
בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙be.na.Ya.huBenaiah
Lemma: בְּנָיָ֫הוּ (be.na.yah) · Strong's: H1141G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Benaiah
Used 24 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 20:23, 2 Samuel 23:20, 2 Samuel 23:22, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1141G; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 2
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 3
יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עye.Ho.ya.Da'Jehoiada
Lemma: יְהוֹיָדָע (ye.ho.ya.da) · Strong's: H3077G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jehoiada
Used 21 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 20:23, 2 Samuel 23:20, 2 Samuel 23:22, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3077G; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 4
וַיִּפְגַּע\־vai.yif.ga'-and he fell
Lemma: פָּגַע (pa.ga) · Strong's: H6293
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to fall on
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 23:8, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:1, Exodus 5:3, Exodus 5:20, Exodus 23:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6293; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 5
וַיְמִתֵ֑הוּvay.mi.Te.huand he put to death him
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 6
וַיִּקָּבֵ֥רvai.yi.ka.Verand he was buried
Lemma: קָבַר (qa.var) · Strong's: H6912
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNw3ms)
Meaning: to bury
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 15:15, Genesis 23:4, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6912; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 7
בְּבֵית֖וֹbe.vei.Toin own house his
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 8
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ba.mid.Barin the wilderness
Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wilderness
Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:34 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Benaiah | → | בְּנָיָ֫הוּ H1141G Benaiah |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Jehoiada | → | יְהוֹיָדָע H3077G Jehoiada |
| went up | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| struck down Joab | → | פָּגַע H6293 to fall on |
| and killed him | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| He was buried | → | קָבַר H6912 to bury |
| at his own home | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| in the wilderness | → | מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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