2 Samuel 11:21
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĂbîymelek
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two 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 ...
יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת
Yᵉrubbesheth
Jerubbesheth, a symbolic name for Gideon
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
רֶכֶב
rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אוּרִיָּה
ʼÛwrîyâh
Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
חִתִּי
Chittîy
a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
רֶכֶב rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
Study H7393 →אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂbîymelek
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
Study H40 →Cross References
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hil...
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
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.
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
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