1 Chronicles 11:6
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
יְבוּסִי
Yᵉbûwçîy
a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
יוֹאָב
Yôwʼâb
Joab, the name of three Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →Cross References
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and w...
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