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2 Samuel 4:6

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And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.	And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth [rib]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.	For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they came thither^H935 into the midst^H8432 of the house^H1004, as though they would have fetched^H3947 wheat^H2406; and they smote^H5221 him under the fifth^H2570 rib: and Rechab^H7394 and Baanah^H1196 his brother^H251 escaped^H4422.

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Original Hebrew

וְהֵנָּה בָּאוּ עַד־תֹּוךְ הַבַּיִת לֹקְחֵי חִטִּים וַיַּכֻּהוּ אֶל־הַחֹמֶשׁ וְרֵכָב וּבַעֲנָה אָחִיו נִמְלָטוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ֠/הֵנָּה	Ve./he.nah	H2007	HC/Pp3fp	and/ they (fem)
בָּ֜אוּ	Ba.'u	H935	HVqp3cp	they came
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	to
תּ֤וֹךְ	Tokh	H8432	HNcmsc	(the) middle of
הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙	ha./Ba.yit	H1004	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ house
לֹקְחֵ֣י	lo.ke.Chei	H3947	HVqrmpc	taking
חִטִּ֔ים	chi.Tim	H2406	HNcfpa	(of) wheat(s)
וַ/יַּכֻּ֖/הוּ	va/i.ya.Ku./hu	H5221	HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3ms	and/ they struck/ him
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַ/חֹ֑מֶשׁ	ha./Cho.mesh	H2570	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ belly
וְ/רֵכָ֛ב	ve./re.Khav	H7394	HC/Np	and/ Rechab
וּ/בַעֲנָ֥ה	u./va.'a.Nah	H1196	HC/Np	and/ Baanah
אָחִ֖י/ו	'a.Chi/v	H251	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	brother/ his
נִמְלָֽטוּ	nim.La.tu	H4422	HVNp3cp	they escaped

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

Strong's References

• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1196 — בַּעֲנָה (Baʻănâh, bah-an-aw'): from a derivative of עָנָה with prepositional prefix; in affliction; Baanah, the name of four Israelites; Baanah.
• H2406 — חִטָּה (chiṭṭâh, khit-taw'): of uncertain derivation; wheat, whether the grain or the plant; wheat(-en).
• H2570 — חֹמֶשׁ (chômesh, kho'-mesh): from an unused root probably meaning, to be stout; the abdomen (as obese); fifth (rib).
• 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.
• H4422 — מָלַט (mâlaṭ, maw-lat'): a primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks; deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.
• 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.
• H7394 — רֵכָב (Rêkâb, ray-kawb'): from רָכַב; rider; Rekab, the name of two Arabs and of two Israelites; Rechab.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

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).
• H2007 — הֵנָּה (hênnâh, hane'-naw): prolongation for הֵן; themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation); [idiom] in, [idiom] such (and such things), their, (into) them, thence, therein, these, they (had), on this side, whose, wherein.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

Cross References

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

• under — 2 Samuel 2:23, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:10

Reciprocal references (3): Deuteronomy 8:8, 2 Samuel 2:8, Esther 2:21

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: NATION, THE, TREACHERY
• Nave’s: ASSASSINATION, BAANAH, HOMICIDE, ISH-BOSHETH, RECHAB, REGICIDE, TREACHERY

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