2 Samuel 18:14
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יוֹאָב
Yôwʼâb
Joab, the name of three Israelites
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
עַד
ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
Study H53 →עַד ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Study H5704 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →Cross References
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep a...
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning...
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
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