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2 Samuel 11:21

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And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?	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.	So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Who smote^H5221 Abimelech^H40 the son^H1121 of Jerubbesheth^H3380? did not a woman^H802 cast^H7993 a piece^H6400 of a millstone^H7393 upon him from the wall^H2346, that he died^H4191 in Thebez^H8405? why went ye nigh^H5066 the wall^H2346? then say^H559 thou, Thy servant^H5650 Uriah^H223 the Hittite^H2850 is dead^H4191 also.

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Original Hebrew

מִי־הִכָּה אֶת־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן־יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת הֲלֹוא־אִשָּׁה הִשְׁלִיכָה עָלָיו פֶּלַח רֶכֶב מֵעַל הַחֹומָה וַיָּמָת בְּתֵבֵץ לָמָּה נִגַּשְׁתֶּם אֶל־הַחֹומָה וְאָמַרְתָּ גַּם עַבְדְּךָ אוּרִיָּה הַחִתִּי מֵת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִֽי	mi-	H4310	HTi	who?
הִכָּ֞ה	hi.Kah	H5221	HVhp3ms	did he strike down
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אֲבִימֶ֣לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	H40	HNp	Abimelech
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	(the) son of
יְרֻבֶּ֗שֶׁת	ye.ru.Be.shet	H3380	HNp	Jerub-Besheth
הֲ/לֽוֹא	ha./lo'-	H3808	HTi/Tn	¿/ not
אִשָּׁ֡ה	'i.Shah	H802	HNcfsa	a woman
הִשְׁלִ֣יכָה	hish.Li.khah	H7993	HVhp3fs	did she throw
עָלָי/ו֩	'a.La/v	H5921	HR/Sp3ms	on/ him
פֶּ֨לַח	Pe.lach	H6400	HNcfsc	a mill-stone
רֶ֜כֶב	Re.khev	H7393	HNcmsa	an upper mill-stone
מֵ/עַ֤ל	me./'Al	H5921	HR/R	from/ on
הַֽ/חוֹמָה֙	ha./cho.Mah	H2346	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ wall
וַ/יָּ֣מָת	va/i.Ya.mot	H4191	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he died
בְּ/תֵבֵ֔ץ	be./te.Vetz	H8405	HR/Np	in/ Thebez
לָ֥/מָּה	La./mah	H4100	HR/Ti	(to)/ why?
נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם	ni.gash.Tem	H5066	HVNp2mp	did you draw near
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַֽ/חוֹמָ֑ה	ha./cho.Mah	H2346	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ wall
וְ/אָ֣מַרְתָּ֔	ve./'A.mar.ta	H559	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will say
גַּ֗ם	Gam	H1571	HTa	also
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֛	'av.de./Kha	H5650	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	servant/ your
אוּרִיָּ֥ה	'u.ri.Yah	H223	HNp	Uriah
הַ/חִתִּ֖י	ha./chi.Ti	H2850	HTd/Ngmsa	the/ Hittite
מֵֽת	Met	H4191	HVqp3ms	he has died

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H40 — אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek): from אָב and מֶלֶךְ; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites; Abimelech.
• H223 — אוּרִיָּה (ʼÛwrîyâh, oo-ree-yaw'): or (prolonged) אוּרִיָּהוּ ; from אוּר and יָהּ; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites; Uriah, Urijah.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H2346 — חוֹמָה (chôwmâh, kho-maw'): feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.
• H2850 — חִתִּי (Chittîy, khit-tee'): patronymically from חֵת; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth; Hittite, Hittities.
• H3380 — יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת (Yᵉrubbesheth, yer-oob-beh'-sheth): from רִיב and בֹּשֶׁת; shame (i.e. the idol) will contend; Jerubbesheth, a symbolic name for Gideon; Jerubbesheth.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H5066 — נָגַשׁ (nâgash, naw-gash'): a primitive root; to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back; (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
• H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H6400 — פֶּלַח (pelach, peh'-lakh): from פָּלַח; a slice; piece.
• H7393 — רֶכֶב (rekeb, reh'-keb): from רָכַב; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone; chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
• H7993 — שָׁלַךְ (shâlak, shaw-lak): a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively); adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
• H8405 — תֵּבֵץ (Têbêts, tay-bates'): from the same as בּוּץ; whiteness; Tebets, a place in Palestine; Thebez.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Abimelech — Judges 9:53
• Jerubbesheth — Judges 6:32, Judges 7:1
• Thy servant — 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 3:34, Psalms 39:8, Isaiah 14:10, Ezekiel 16:51-52

Reciprocal references (2): 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 11:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DAVID
• Nave’s: ABIMELECH, DAVID, JOAB, LASCIVIOUSNESS, THEBEZ, URIAH

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