2 Samuel 4:12
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
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 ...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
תָּלָה
tâlâh
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
בְּרֵכָה
bᵉrêkâh
a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
חֶבְרוֹן
Chebrôwn
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת
ʼÎysh-Bôsheth
Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul
קְבוּרָה
qᵉbûwrâh
sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre
חֶבְרוֹן
Chebrôwn
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
חֶבְרוֹן Chebrôwn
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
Study H2275 →חֶבְרוֹן Chebrôwn
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
Study H2275 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →Cross References
And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first d...
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