2 Samuel 14:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּכּ֧וֹ הָאֶחָ֛ד אֶת־הָאֶחָ֖ד וַיָּ֥מֶת אֹתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And to šipḥâ your [were] two bānîm and nāṣâ two of them in the śādeh and there [was] no maṣṣîl between them and nākâ the one [direct object marker] the one and mûṯ [direct object marker] him.

Grammar Details

*nāṣâ*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural + waw consecutive - fought/quarreled
*nākâ*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + waw consecutive - struck
*mûṯ*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + waw consecutive - caused to die/killed
*šipḥâ*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - maidservant
*bānîm*: noun, masculine plural - sons
*śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - field
*maṣṣîl*: hiphil participle masculine singular - deliverer/one who saves
*ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular with definite article - one
*ʾoṯô*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - him

Word Meanings

*šipḥâ*: maidservant/handmaid/female slave
*nāṣâ*: fought/quarreled/struggled
*maṣṣîl*: deliverer/rescuer/one who separates
*nākâ*: struck/hit/attacked
*mûṯ*: killed/put to death

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Exod 2:13 : 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Deut 22:26-27 : 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

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