What Does 2 Samuel 10:11 Mean?

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“be too strong”

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra

“If the Syrians”

aram or syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of shem, a grandson of nahor, and of an israelite

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“for me then thou shalt help”

something saved, i.e., (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“me but if the children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of Ammon”

ammon, a son of lot; also his posterity and their country

“be too strong”

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“for thee then I will come”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and help”

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor