2 Samuel 17:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab: Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra, an Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֗א שָׂ֧ם אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם תַּ֥חַת יוֹאָ֖ב עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א וַעֲמָשָׂ֣א בֶן־אִ֗ישׁ וּשְׁמוֹ֙ יִתְרָ֣א הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־בָּא֙ אֶל־אֲבִיגַ֣ל בַּת־נָחָ֔שׁ אֲח֥וֹת צְרוּיָ֖ה אֵ֥ם יוֹאָֽב׃

Transliteration

And-ʾet-ʿĂmāśāʾ śām ʾAbšālōm instead-of Yôʾāb over-the-ṣābāʾ and-wa-ʿĂmāśāʾ son-of-ʾîš and-his-name Yitrāʾ the-Yiśrəʾēlî who-bāʾ to-ʾĂbîgal daughter-of-Nāḥāš sister-of Ṣərûyâ mother-of Yôʾāb

Grammar Details

• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʿĂmāśāʾ*: proper noun, masculine - Amasa
• *śām*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he put/placed/appointed
• *ʾAbšālōm*: proper noun, masculine - Absalom
• *Yôʾāb*: proper noun, masculine - Joab
• *ṣābāʾ*: noun, masculine singular - army
• *wa-ʿĂmāśāʾ*: waw conjunction + proper noun, masculine - and Amasa
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
• *Yitrāʾ*: proper noun, masculine - Ithra
• *Yiśrəʾēlî*: gentilic adjective, masculine singular - Israelite
• *bāʾ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he went in/came
• *ʾĂbîgal*: proper noun, feminine - Abigal
• *Nāḥāš*: proper noun, masculine - Nahash
• *Ṣərûyâ*: proper noun, feminine - Zeruiah

Word Meanings

• *śām*: put/placed/appointed
• *Yiśrəʾēlî*: Israelite (some manuscripts have 'Ishmaelite')
• *bāʾ*: went in to/came to/had relations with

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Israelite who had gone in to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Absalom had set Amasa ouer the hoost in Ioabs steade. Amasa was the sonne of a man, whose name was Iethra a Iesraelite, which laye with Abigail the doughter of Nahas the sister of Zeru Ia Ioabs mother.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoste in the stead of Ioab: which Amasa was a mans sonne named Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Ioabs mother.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoast in stede of Ioab: which Amasa, was a mans sonne named Iethra an Israelite, that went into Abigail the daughter of Nahas, sister to Zaruia Ioabs mother.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa [was] a man's son, whose name [was] Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa `is' a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab.(Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.)

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 And say to Amasa, Are you not of my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of the host before me continually in the place of Joab.
• 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri. 11 And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab. 12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the people stopped, he moved Amasa from the road into the field and threw a cloth over him, because everyone who came by stopped.
• 1 Chr 2:13 : 13 And Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
• 1 Chr 2:16-17 : 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
• 1 Kgs 2:5 : 5 Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.
• 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
• 2 Sam 20:4 : 4 Then the king said to Amasa, Gather the men of Judah for me in three days, and be here yourself.