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2 Samuel 11:1

וַיְהִי֩
hâyâh
and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
לִתְשׁוּבַ֨ת
tᵉshûwbâh
to/for — a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
הַשָּׁנָ֜ה
shâneh
the — a year (as a revolution of time)
לְעֵ֣ת
ʻêth
to/for — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
צֵ֣את
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
הַמַּלְאֿכִ֗ים
melek
the — a king
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח
shâlach
and — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
דָּוִ֡ד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
יוֹאָב֩
Yôwʼâb
Joab, the name of three Israelites
וְאֶת
ʼêth
and — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
עֲבָדָ֨יו
ʻebed
a servant
עִמּ֜וֹ
ʻim
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
וְאֶת
ʼêth
and — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
וַיַּשְׁחִ֨תוּ֙
shâchath
and — to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
בְּנֵ֣י
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
עַמּ֔וֹן
ʻAmmôwn
Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country
וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ
tsûwr
and — to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
רַבָּ֑ה
Rabbâh
Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West
וְדָוִ֖ד
Dâvid
and — David, the youngest son of Jesse
יוֹשֵׁ֥ב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
in/with/by — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
2 Samuel 11:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Then it happened in the spring, at the time when the kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all [the fighting men of] Israel, and they destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
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Then it happened in the spring, at the time when the kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all [the fighting men of] Israel, and they destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:1
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