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2 Samuel 2:21

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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.	And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Abner^H74 said^H559 to him, Turn thee aside^H5186 to thy right hand^H3225 or to thy left^H8040, and lay thee hold^H270 on one^H259 of the young men^H5288, and take^H3947 thee his armour^H2488. But Asahel^H6214 would^H14 not turn aside^H5493 from following^H310 of him.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו אַבְנֵר נְטֵה לְךָ עַל־יְמִינְךָ אֹו עַל־שְׂמֹאלֶךָ וֶאֱחֹז לְךָ אֶחָד מֵהַנְּעָרִים וְקַח־לְךָ אֶת־חֲלִצָתֹו וְלֹא־אָבָה עֲשָׂהאֵל לָסוּר מֵאַחֲרָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
ל֣/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
אַבְנֵ֗ר	'av.Ner	H74	HNp	Abner
נְטֵ֤ה	ne.Teh	H5186	HVqv2ms	turn aside
לְ/ךָ֙	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	for (the)/ yourself
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	to
יְמִֽינְ/ךָ֙	ye.mi.ne./Kha	H3225	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	right/ your
א֣וֹ	'o	H176	HC	or
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	to
שְׂמֹאלֶ֔/ךָ	se.mo.Le./kha	H8040	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	left/ your
וֶ/אֱחֹ֣ז	ve./'e.Choz	H270	HC/Vqv2ms	and/ seize
לְ/ךָ֗	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	for (the)/ yourself
אֶחָד֙	'e.Chad	H259	HAcmsa	one
מֵֽ/הַ/נְּעָרִ֔ים	me./ha./ne.'a.Rim	H5288	HR/Td/Ncmpa	from/ the/ young men
וְ/קַח	ve./kach-	H3947	HC/Vqv2ms	and/ take
לְ/ךָ֖	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	for (the)/ yourself
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
חֲלִצָת֑/וֹ	cha.li.tza.T/o	H2488	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	spoils/ his
וְ/לֹֽא	ve./lo'-	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
אָבָ֣ה	'a.Vah	H14	HVqp3ms	he was willing
עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל	'a.sa.h.'El	H6214	HNp	Asahel
לָ/ס֖וּר	la./Sur	H5493	HR/Vqc	to/ turn aside
מֵ/אַחֲרָֽי/ו	me./'a.cha.Ra/v	H310	HR/R/Sp3ms	from/ after/ him

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

Strong's References

• H14 — אָבָה (ʼâbâh, aw-baw'): a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent; consent, rest content will, be willing.
• H74 — אַבְנֵר (ʼAbnêr, ab-nare'): or (fully) אֲבִינֵר ; from אָב and נִיר; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite; Abner.
• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H270 — אָחַז (ʼâchaz, aw-khaz'): a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession); [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
• 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.
• H2488 — חֲלִיצָה (chălîytsâh, khal-ee-tsaw'): from חֶלֶץ; spoil; armour.
• H3225 — יָמִין (yâmîyn, yaw-meen'): from יָמַן; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south; [phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5186 — נָטָה (nâṭâh, naw-taw'): a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
• H5288 — נַעַר (naʻar, nah'-ar): from נָעַר; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age); babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
• H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
• H6214 — עֲשָׂהאֵל (ʻĂsâhʼêl, as-aw-ale'): from עָשָׂה and אֵל; God has made; Asahel, the name of four Israelites; Asahel.
• H8040 — שְׂמֹאול (sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'): or שְׂמֹאל; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as שִׂמְלָה (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand; left (hand, side).

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

• H176 — אוֹ (ʼôw, o): presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for אַוָּה; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if; also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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.

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