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2 Samuel 12:27

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← 2 Samuel 12:26	2 Samuel 12:27 (KJV)	2 Samuel 12:28 →
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.	And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.	Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Joab^H3097 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 to David^H1732, and said^H559, I have fought^H3898 against Rabbah^H7237, and have taken^H3920 the city^H5892 of waters^H4325.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח יֹואָב מַלְאָכִים אֶל־דָּוִד וַיֹּאמֶר נִלְחַמְתִּי בְרַבָּה גַּם־לָכַדְתִּי אֶת־עִיר הַמָּיִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֥ח	va/i.yish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sent
יוֹאָ֛ב	yo.'Av	H3097	HNp	Joab
מַלְאָכִ֖ים	mal.'a.Khim	H4397	HNcmpa	messengers
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
דָּוִ֑ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
נִלְחַ֣מְתִּי	nil.Cham.ti	H3898	HVNp1cs	I have fought
בְ/רַבָּ֔ה	ve./ra.Bah	H7237	HR/Np	against/ Rabbah
גַּם	gam-	H1571	HTa	also
לָכַ֖דְתִּי	la.Khad.ti	H3920	HVqp1cs	I have captured
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עִ֥יר	'ir	H5892	HNcfsc	(the) city of
הַ/מָּֽיִם	ha./Ma.yim	H4325	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ waters

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

Strong's References

• 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.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H3097 — יוֹאָב (Yôwʼâb, yo-awb'): from יְהֹוָה and אָב; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites; Joab.
• H3898 — לָחַם (lâcham, law-kham'): a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction); devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
• H3920 — לָכַד (lâkad, law-kad'): a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere; [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4397 — מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk, mal-awk'): from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher); ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H7237 — רַבָּה (Rabbâh, rab-baw'): feminine of רַב; great; Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West; Rabbah, Rabbath.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

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.

Cross References

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

• Rabbah — Deuteronomy 3:11, 2 Samuel 11:1, Ezekiel 21:20

Reciprocal references (1): Jeremiah 49:2

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DAVID
• Torrey’s: AMMONITES, THE
• Nave’s: AMMONITES, DAVID, JOAB, LIBERALITY, RABBAH

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