2 Samuel 11:21 Go deeper
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Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. (KJV)
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מִֽי\־mi-who?
Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: who?
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 1
הִכָּ֞הhi.Kahdid he strike down
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 2
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 3
אֲבִימֶ֣לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelech
Lemma: אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ (a.vi.me.lekh) · Strong's: H0040H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abimelech
Used 41 times. Also: Judges 8:31, Judges 9:1, Judges 9:3, Judges 9:4, Judges 9:6, Judges 9:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0040H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 4
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 2 Samuel 11:21 word 5
יְרֻבֶּ֗שֶׁתye.ru.Be.shetJerub-Besheth
Lemma: יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת (ye.rub.be.shet) · Strong's: H3380
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jerubbesheth
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3380; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 6
הֲלֽוֹא\־ha.lo'-¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 7
אִשָּׁ֡ה'i.Shaha woman
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman
Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 8
הִשְׁלִ֣יכָהhish.Li.khahdid she throw
Lemma: שָׁלַךְ (sha.lakh) · Strong's: H7993
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhp3fs)
Meaning: to throw
Used 125 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7993; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 9
עָלָיו֩'a.Lavon him
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 10
פֶּ֨לַחPe.lacha mill-stone
Lemma: פֶּ֫לַח (pe.lach) · Strong's: H6400
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: millstone
Used 6 times. Also: Judges 9:53, 1 Samuel 30:12, Job 41:24, Song of Solomon 4:3, Song of Solomon 6:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6400; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 11
רֶ֜כֶבRe.khevan upper mill-stone
Lemma: רֶ֫כֶב (re.khev) · Strong's: H7393H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: chariot: millstone
Used 3 times. Also: Deuteronomy 24:6, Judges 9:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7393H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 12
מֵעַ֤לme.'Alfrom on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 13
הַֽחוֹמָה֙ha.cho.Mahthe wall
Lemma: חוֹמָה (cho.mah) · Strong's: H2346G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wall
Used 130 times. Also: Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 25:30, Leviticus 25:31, Deuteronomy 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2346G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 14
וַיָּ֣מָתvai.Ya.motand he died
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 2 Samuel 11:21 word 15
בְּתֵבֵ֔ץbe.te.Vetzin Thebez
Lemma: תֵּבֵץ (te.vets) · Strong's: H8405
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Thebez
Used 3 times. Also: Judges 9:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8405; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 16
לָ֥מָּהLa.mah<to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 17
נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖םni.gash.Temdid you draw near
Lemma: נָגַשׁ (na.gash) · Strong's: H5066G
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVNp2mp)
Meaning: to approach: approach
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 27:21, Genesis 27:22, Genesis 27:26, Genesis 27:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5066G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 18
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 19
הַֽחוֹמָ֑הha.cho.Mahthe wall
Lemma: חוֹמָה (cho.mah) · Strong's: H2346G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wall
Used 130 times. Also: Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 25:30, Leviticus 25:31, Deuteronomy 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2346G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 20
וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ve.'A.mar.taand you will say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 21
גַּ֗םGamalso
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 22
עַבְדְּךָ֛'av.de.Khaservant your
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 23
אוּרִיָּ֥ה'u.ri.YahUriah
Lemma: אוּרִיָּה (u.riy.yah) · Strong's: H0223A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Uriah
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 11:3, 2 Samuel 11:6, 2 Samuel 11:7, 2 Samuel 11:8, 2 Samuel 11:9, 2 Samuel 11:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0223A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 24
הַחִתִּ֖יha.chi.Tithe Hittite
Lemma: חִתִּי (chit.ti) · Strong's: H2850
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Hittite
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 15:20, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 26:34, Genesis 36:2, Genesis 49:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2850; TAHOT 2 Samuel 11:21 word 25
מֵֽת\׃Methe has died
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
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 2 Samuel 11:21 word 26
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Who | → | מִי H4310 who? |
| struck | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| Abimelech | → | אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ H0040H Abimelech |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Jerubbesheth | → | יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת H3380 Jerubbesheth |
| Was it not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| a woman | → | אִשָּׁה H0802G woman |
| who dropped | → | שָׁלַךְ H7993 to throw |
| an upper millstone | → | פֶּ֫לַח H6400 millstone |
| . . . | → | רֶ֫כֶב H7393H chariot: millstone |
| on him | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| from | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the wall | → | חוֹמָה H2346G wall |
| so that he died | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| in Thebez | → | תֵּבֵץ H8405 Thebez |
| Why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| did you get so close | → | נָגַשׁ H5066G to approach: approach |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the wall | → | חוֹמָה H2346G wall |
| [If he asks you this,] then you are to say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Your servant | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| Uriah | → | אוּרִיָּה H0223A Uriah |
| the Hittite | → | חִתִּי H2850 Hittite |
| is dead | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| as well | → | גַּם H1571 also |
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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