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2 Samuel 2:20

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← 2 Samuel 2:19	2 Samuel 2:20 (KJV)	2 Samuel 2:21 →
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.	Then Abner looked behind him, and said, [Art] thou Asahel? And he answered, I [am].	And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then Abner^H74 looked^H6437 behind^H310 him, and said^H559, Art thou Asahel^H6214? And he answered^H559, I am.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּפֶן אַבְנֵר אַחֲרָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הַאַתָּה זֶה עֲשָׂהאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּ֤פֶן	va/i.Yi.fen	H6437	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he turned
אַבְנֵר֙	'av.Ner	H74	HNp	Abner
אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו	'a.cha.Ra/v	H310	HR/Sp3ms	behind/ him
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
הַ/אַתָּ֥ה	ha./'a.Tah	H859	HTi/Pp2ms	¿/ you
זֶ֖ה	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	(is) this
עֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל	'a.sa.h.'El	H6214	HNp	O Asahel
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אָנֹֽכִי	'a.No.khi	H595	HPp1cs	I

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

Strong's References

• H74 — אַבְנֵר (ʼAbnêr, ab-nare'): or (fully) אֲבִינֵר ; from אָב and נִיר; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite; Abner.
• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• 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.
• H6214 — עֲשָׂהאֵל (ʻĂsâhʼêl, as-aw-ale'): from עָשָׂה and אֵל; God has made; Asahel, the name of four Israelites; Asahel.
• H6437 — פָּנָה (pânâh, paw-naw'): a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).

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

• H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, aw-no'-kee; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.

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Related Topics

• Nave’s: ABNER, ASAHEL, DAVID, HOMICIDE, ISRAEL, JOAB, WAR

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