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And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother. (KJV)
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וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <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 17:25 word 1
עֲמָשָׂ֗א'a.ma.Sa'Amasa
Lemma: עֲמָשָׂא (a.ma.sa) · Strong's: H6021G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Amasa
Used 15 times. Also: 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 20:4, 2 Samuel 20:5, 2 Samuel 20:8, 2 Samuel 20:9, 2 Samuel 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6021G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 2
שָׂ֧םsamhe had appointed
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760L
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to set: appoint
Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 1:11, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 21:13, Numbers 4:19, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 17:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760L; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 3
אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם'av.sha.LomAbsalom
Lemma: אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (a.vi.sha.lom) · Strong's: H0053
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Absalom
Used 111 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:1, 2 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 13:20, 2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0053; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 4
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatin place of
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: instead
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 36:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 5
יוֹאָ֖בyo.'AvJoab
Lemma: יוֹאָב (yo.av) · Strong's: H3097G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joab
Used 141 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:14, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3097G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 6
עַל\־'al-over
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 17:25 word 7
הַצָּבָ֑אha.tza.Va'the army
Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: army
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Exodus 6:26, Exodus 7:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6635A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 8
וַעֲמָשָׂ֣אva.'a.ma.Sa'and Amasa
Lemma: עֲמָשָׂא (a.ma.sa) · Strong's: H6021G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Amasa
Used 15 times. Also: 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 20:4, 2 Samuel 20:5, 2 Samuel 20:8, 2 Samuel 20:9, 2 Samuel 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6021G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 9
בֶן\־ven-[was] a 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 17:25 word 10
אִ֗ישׁ'Isha man
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 11
וּשְׁמוֹ֙u.she.Moand name his
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 12
יִתְרָ֣אyit.Ra'[was] Jether
Lemma: יִתְרָא (yit.ra) · Strong's: H3501
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ithra
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3501; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 13
הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔יhai.yis.re.'e.Lithe Israelite
Lemma: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (yis.r.e.li) · Strong's: H3481G
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Ishmaelite
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3481G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 14
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-who
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 15
בָּא֙ba'he had gone
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935L
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): marry
Used 6 times. Also: Joshua 23:12, Judges 16:1, 1 Samuel 1:19, 1 Kings 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935L; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 16
אֶל\־'el-into
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 17:25 word 17
אֲבִיגַ֣ל'a.vi.GalAbigail
Lemma: אֲבִיגַ֫יִל, אֲבִיגַ֫ל (a.vi.ga.yil) · Strong's: H0026H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Abigail
Used 3 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 2:16, 1 Chronicles 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0026H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 18
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 19
נָחָ֔שׁna.ChashNahash
Lemma: נָחָשׁ (na.chash) · Strong's: H5176I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Nahash
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5176I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 20
אֲח֥וֹת'a.Chot[the] sister of
Lemma: אָחוֹת (a.chot) · Strong's: H0269
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: sister
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0269; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 21
צְרוּיָ֖הtze.ru.YahZeruiah
Lemma: צְרוּיָה (tse.ru.yah) · Strong's: H6870
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Zeruiah
Used 26 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 14:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6870; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 22
אֵ֥ם'em[the] mother of
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 23
יוֹאָֽב\׃yo.'AvJoab
Lemma: יוֹאָב (yo.av) · Strong's: H3097G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joab
Used 141 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 2:14, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3097G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 17:25 word 24
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Absalom | → | אֲבִישָׁלוֹם H0053 Absalom |
| had appointed | → | שׂוּם H7760L to set: appoint |
| Amasa | → | עֲמָשָׂא H6021G Amasa |
| over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the army | → | צָבָא H6635A army |
| in place | → | תַּחַת H8478H underneath: instead |
| of Joab | → | יוֹאָב H3097G Joab |
| Amasa | → | עֲמָשָׂא H6021G Amasa |
| was the son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of a man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| named | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Ithra | → | יִתְרָא H3501 Ithra |
| the Ishmaelite | → | יִשְׂרְאֵלִי H3481G Ishmaelite |
| who | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| had married | → | בּוֹא H0935L to come (in): marry |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Abigail | → | אֲבִיגַ֫יִל, אֲבִיגַ֫ל H0026H Abigail |
| the daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| of Nahash | → | נָחָשׁ H5176I Nahash |
| and sister | → | אָחוֹת H0269 sister |
| of Zeruiah | → | צְרוּיָה H6870 Zeruiah |
| the mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
| of Joab | → | יוֹאָב H3097G Joab |
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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