2 Samuel 12:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yea, I have taken the city of waters.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח יוֹאָ֛ב מַלְאָכִ֖ים אֶל־דָּוִ֑ד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ נִלְחַ֣מְתִּי בְרַבָּ֔ה גַּם־לָכַ֖דְתִּי אֶת־עִ֥יר הַמָּֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And wə-yišlaḥ Yôʾāb malʾākîm to Dāwid and wə-yōʾmer, I have nilḥamtî against bə-Rabbâ, also gam-lākadtî ʾet-ʿîr the mayim.

Grammar Details

*wə-yišlaḥ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
*Yôʾāb*: proper noun - Joab
*malʾākîm*: noun, masculine plural - messengers
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*nilḥamtî*: Niphal perfect 1st common singular - I have fought
*bə-Rabbâ*: preposition + proper noun - against Rabbah
*gam-lākadtî*: adverb + Qal perfect 1st common singular - also I have captured
*ʾet-ʿîr*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct - the city of
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the waters

Word Meanings

*malʾākîm*: messengers/envoys
*nilḥamtî*: I have fought/I have made war/I have battled
*lākadtî*: I have captured/I have seized/I have taken
*ʿîr ha-mayim*: city of water/water city (likely referring to the water supply of the city)

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Referenced Verses

Deut 3:11 : 11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
2 Sam 11:1 : 1 And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.
Ezek 21:20 : 20 Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

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2 Sam 12:26
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26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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28Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
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1And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.
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18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,
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1And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.
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8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
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