2 Samuel
2 Samuel 18:11
11“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silverc and a warrior’s belt!”
Footnotes
- c 18:11 10 shekels is approximately 4 ounces or 114 grams of silver.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You just | וְהִנֵּ֣ה | wə·hin·nêh | Conjunctive waw; Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| saw him | רָאִ֔יתָ | rā·’î·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7200 see |
| Joab | יוֹאָ֗ב | yō·w·’āḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3097 Joab |
| exclaimed | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Why | וּמַדּ֛וּעַ | ū·mad·dū·a‘ | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| did you not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| strike him | הִכִּית֥וֹ | hik·kî·ṯōw | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H5221 smite |
| to the ground | אָ֑רְצָה | ’ā·rə·ṣāh | Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| right there | שָׁ֖ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| I would have given | לָ֤תֶת | lā·ṯeṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5414 give, put, set |
| you | לְךָ֙ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| ten | עֲשָׂ֣רָה | ‘ă·śā·rāh | Number - masculine singular | H6235 ten |
| of silver | כֶ֔סֶף | ḵe·sep̄ | Noun - masculine singular | H3701 silver, money |
| and a | אֶחָֽת׃ | ’e·ḥāṯ | Number - feminine singular | H259 one |
| warrior’s belt | וַחֲגֹרָ֖ה | wa·ḥă·ḡō·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H2290 belt, gridle |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.