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2 Samuel 2:18 Interlinear

“ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there Joab and Abishai and Asahel and Asahel was as light of foot as a roe wild”

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2 Samuel 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּֽהְיוּ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	שָׁ֗ם	H8033		there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
3	שְׁלֹשָׁה֙	H7969	And there were three	three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
4	בְּנֵ֣י	H1121	sons	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
5	צְרוּיָ֔ה	H6870	of Zeruiah	tserujah, an israelitess
6	יוֹאָ֥ב	H3097	there Joab	joab, the name of three israelites
7	וַֽאֲבִישַׁ֖י	H52	and Abishai	abishai, an israelite
8	וַֽעֲשָׂהאֵל֙	H6214	and Asahel	asahel, the name of four israelites
9	וַֽעֲשָׂהאֵל֙	H6214	and Asahel	asahel, the name of four israelites
10	קַ֣ל	H7031	was as light	light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
11	בְּרַגְלָ֔יו	H7272	of foot	a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
12	כְּאַחַ֥ד	H259	as a	properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
13	הַצְּבָיִ֖ם	H6643	roe	a gazelle (as beautiful)
14	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
15	בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃	H7704	wild	a field (as flat)

2 Samuel 2:18 (current) And there were three sons of Zeruiah there Joab and Abishai and Asahel and Asahel was as light of foot as a roe wild