1 Chronicles 11:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגִבּוֹרֵ֖י הַחֲיָלִ֑ים עֲשָׂה־אֵל֙ אֲחִ֣י יוֹאָ֔ב אֶלְחָנָ֥ן בֶּן־דּוֹד֖וֹ מִבֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם

Transliteration

And wəgibbôrê the haḥăyālîm: ʿĂśāh-ʾēl ʾăḥî Yôʾāḇ, ʾElḥānān ben-Dôdô from miBêt lāḥem

Grammar Details

*wəgibbôrê*: conjunction + noun masculine plural construct - and mighty men of
*haḥăyālîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the armies
*ʿĂśāh-ʾēl*: proper noun, masculine - Asahel
*ʾăḥî*: noun masculine singular construct - brother of
*Yôʾāḇ*: proper noun, masculine - Joab
*ʾElḥānān*: proper noun, masculine - Elhanan
*ben*: noun masculine singular construct - son of
*Dôdô*: proper noun, masculine - Dodo
*miBêt*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - from house of
*lāḥem*: proper noun - Lehem (Bethlehem)

Word Meanings

*wəgibbôrê* *haḥăyālîm*: mighty men of the armies/valiant warriors/the champions of the forces
*ʾăḥî*: brother of/kinsman of

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 27:7 : 7 The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
2 Sam 2:18-23 : 18 And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I. 21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
2 Sam 3:30 : 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
2 Sam 21:19 : 19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
2 Sam 23:24 : 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

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