2 Samuel
2 Samuel 3:27
27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When Abner | אַבְנֵר֙ | ’aḇ·nêr | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H74 Abner |
| returned | וַיָּ֤שָׁב | way·yā·šāḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| to Hebron | חֶבְר֔וֹן | ḥeḇ·rō·wn | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H2275 Hebron |
| Joab | יוֹאָב֙ | yō·w·’āḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3097 Joab |
| pulled him aside | וַיַּטֵּ֤הוּ | way·yaṭ·ṭê·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| into | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the gateway | הַשַּׁ֔עַר | haš·ša·‘ar | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H8179 gate |
| as if to speak | לְדַבֵּ֥ר | lə·dab·bêr | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H1696 speak |
| to him privately | אִתּ֖וֹ | ’it·tōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H854 with |
| and there | שָׁם֙ | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| Joab stabbed him | וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ | way·yak·kê·hū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H5221 smite |
| in the stomach | הַחֹ֔מֶשׁ | ha·ḥō·meš | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2570 belly |
| So Abner died | וַיָּ֕מָת | way·yā·māṯ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H4191 die |
| on account of the blood | בְּדַ֖ם | bə·ḏam | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1818 blood |
| of Joab’s brother | אָחִֽיו׃ | ’ā·ḥîw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H251 brother |
| Asahel | אֵ֥ל | ’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6214 Asahel |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.