Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 20:15 Interlinear

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah and they cast up a bank against the city and it stood in the trench and all the people that were with Joab battered to throw it down the wall

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיָּבֹ֜אוּH935And they cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
2וַיָּצֻ֣רוּH6696and besiegedto cramp, i.e., confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
3עָלָ֗יוH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙H59him in Abelabel, the name of two places in palestine
5בֵּ֣יתH0
6הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔הH1038of Bethmaachahbeth-maakah, a place in palestine
7וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּH8210and they cast upto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
8סֹֽלְלָה֙H5550a banka military mound, i.e., rampart of besiegers
9אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
10הָעִ֔ירH5892against the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
11וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דH5975and it stoodto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
12בַּחֵ֑לH2426in the trenchan army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
13וְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
14הָעָם֙H5971and all the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
15אֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
16אֶתH854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
17יוֹאָ֔בH3097that were with Joabjoab, the name of three israelites
18מַשְׁחִיתִ֖םH7843batteredto decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
19לְהַפִּ֥ילH5307to throw it downto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
20הַֽחוֹמָֽה׃H2346the walla wall of protection

Verse Context

2 Samuel 20:14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel ...
2 Samuel 20:15 (current)And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah and they cast up a bank against the city and it stood in the trench and all the people that were with Joab battered to throw it down the wall
2 Samuel 20:16Then cried woman a wise out of the city Hear...

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