and — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)בֶּן
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.)שָׁא֗וּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelitesכִּ֣י
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedמֵ֤ת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to killאַבְנֵר֙
ʼAbnêr
Abner, an Israeliteבְּחֶבְר֔וֹן
Chebrôwn
in/with/by — Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelitesוַיִּרְפּ֖וּ
râphâh
and — to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)יָדָ֑יו
yâd
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]וְכָל
kôl
and — properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityנִבְהָֽלוּ
bâhal
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
2 Samuel 4:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth [king of Israel], heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was horrified.
Ishbosheth's own hands go feeble the instant Abner is gone - his kingship was never really his own strength to hold, only borrowed from the man now dead.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“When Saul’s son Ish-bosheth [king of Israel], heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was horrified.”
Ishbosheth's own hands go feeble the instant Abner is gone - his kingship was never really his own strength to hold, only borrowed from the man now dead.