2 Samuel 12:27
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹאָב
Yôwʼâb
Joab, the name of three Israelites
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
לָחַם
lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
רַבָּה
Rabbâh
Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Key Terms in This Verse
לָחַם lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Study H3898 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, a...
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four c...
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
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