2 Samuel

2 Samuel 4:12

¹²So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So David	דָּוִ֨ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
commanded	וַיְצַו֩	way·ṣaw	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
his young men	הַנְּעָרִ֜ים	han·nə·‘ā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5288 a shaking, scattering
and they killed	וַיַּהַרְג֗וּם	way·ya·har·ḡūm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine plural	H2026 kill, slay
They cut off	וַֽיְקַצְּצ֤וּ	way·qaṣ·ṣə·ṣū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7112 cut off
their hands	יְדֵיהֶם֙	yə·ḏê·hem	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H3027 hand
and feet	רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם	raḡ·lê·hem	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H7272 foot
and hung	וַיִּתְל֥וּ	way·yiṯ·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8518 hang
their bodies by	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the pool	הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה	hab·bə·rê·ḵāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1295 pool, pond
in Hebron	בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן	bə·ḥeḇ·rō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2275 Hebron
but they took	לָקָ֔חוּ	lā·qā·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3947 take
the head	רֹ֤אשׁ	rōš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of Ish-bosheth	בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙	bō·šeṯ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H378 Ishbosheth
and buried	וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ	way·yiq·bə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6912 bury
it in Abner’s	אַבְנֵ֖ר	’aḇ·nêr	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H74 Abner
tomb	בְקֶֽבֶר־	ḇə·qe·ḇer-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6913 grave, sepulchre
in Hebron	בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃פ	bə·ḥeḇ·rō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2275 Hebron

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.