2 Samuel 20:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיָּצֻ֣רוּ עָלָ֗יו בְּאָבֵ֙לָה֙ בֵּ֣ית הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּחֵ֑ל וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶת־יוֹאָ֔ב מַשְׁחִיתִ֖ם לְהַפִּ֥יל הַחוֹמָֽה׃

Transliteration

And bôʾ and ṣûr upon-him in-ʾāvēlâ bêt ha-maʿăḵâ, and šāpaḵ sōlᵉlâ to-the-ʿîr and ʿāmad in the-ḥēl; and all-the-ʿām which ʾēt-yôʾāv šāḥat to nāpal the-ḥômâ.

Grammar Details

*bôʾ*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they came
*ṣûr*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they besieged
*ʾāvēlâ*: proper noun - Abel
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*maʿăḵâ*: proper noun with definite article - the Maacah
*šāpaḵ*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they poured out
*sōlᵉlâ*: noun, feminine singular - siege ramp
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
*ʿāmad*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and it stood
*ḥēl*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the rampart
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*yôʾāv*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joab
*šāḥat*: hiphil participle, masculine plural - destroying
*nāpal*: hiphil infinitive construct - to cause to fall
*ḥômâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the wall

Word Meanings

*bôʾ*: came/arrived/entered
*ṣûr*: besieged/pressed/shut in
*šāpaḵ*: poured out/heaped up/built
*sōlᵉlâ*: siege ramp/embankment/mound
*ʿîr*: city/town
*ʿāmad*: stood/was positioned/remained
*ḥēl*: rampart/outer wall/fortress
*šāḥat*: destroying/ruining/damaging
*nāpal*: cause to fall/bring down/overthrow
*ḥômâ*: wall/rampart/barrier

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 19:32 : 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
Jer 32:24 : 24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Jer 33:4 : 4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
Ezek 4:2 : 2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
Luke 19:43 : 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Isa 37:33 : 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Jer 6:6 : 6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
1 Kgs 15:20 : 20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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