Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 23:18-23

18AndAbishaiוַאֲבִישַׁ֞יva.'a.vi.ShaiH52, thebrotherאֲחִ֣י׀'a.ChiH251ofJoabיוֹאָ֣בyo.'AvH3097, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZeruiahצְרוּיָ֗הtze.ru.YahH6870, waschiefרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218of thethreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֔הha.she.lo.shiH7969. And heliftedעוֹרֵ֣רo.RerH5782upH5921hisspearחֲנִית֔וֹcha.ni.ToH2595againstH5921threeשְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967and slew them, and had anameשֵׁ֖םshemH8034among thethreeבַּשְּׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ba.she.lo.ShahH7969.

19Was henotH3808mostמִן־min-H4480honourable of thethreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁה֙ha.she.lo.ShahH7969? therefore he wasmadeנִכְבָּ֔דnikh.BadH3513theircaptainלְשָׂ֑רle.SarH8269: howbeit he attainednotH3808unto the firstthreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֖הha.she.lo.ShahH7969.

20AndBenaiahוּבְנָיָ֨הוּu.ve.na.Ya.huH1141thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֧עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121of a valiantmanאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376ofKabzeelמִֽקַּבְצְאֵ֑לmi.kav.tze.'ElH6909, who haddoneH6467mightydeedsפְּעָלִ֖יםpe.'a.LimH6467, heslewהִכָּ֗הhi.KahH5221thetwoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147sonsH1121ofArielאֲרִאֵל֙'a.ri.'ElH739ofMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124: hewentH3381downיָרַ֞דya.RadH3381also andslewוְהִכָּ֧הve.hi.KahH5221alionהָאֲרִ֛יha.'a.ri.yahH738in themidstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of apitהַבֹּ֖ארha.BorH953in time ofsnowהַשָּֽׁלֶג׃ha.Sha.legH7950:

21And heslewH2026anEgyptianמִצְרִ֜יmitz.RiH4713, a goodlymanאִ֨ישׁ'ishH376: and theEgyptianהַמִּצְרִי֙ha.mitz.RiH4713had aspearחֲנִ֔יתcha.NitH2595in hishandוּבְיַ֤דu.ve.YadH3027; but hewentH3381downוַיֵּ֥רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381to him with astaffבַּשָּׁ֑בֶטba.Sha.vetH7626, and plucked thespearהַחֲנִית֙ha.cha.NitH2595outאֵלָ֖יו'e.LavH413of theEgyptian’sהַמִּצְרִ֔יha.mitz.RiH4713handמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027, andslewH2026him with hisownאִ֣ישׁ'a.SherH376spearבַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃ba.cha.ni.ToH2595.

22Theseאֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehH428thingsdidעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213Benaiahבְּנָיָ֖הוּbe.na.Ya.huH1141thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֑עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077, and had anameשֵׁ֖םshemH8034among thethreeבִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥הbish.lo.ShahH7969mightyH1368menH1368.

23He wasmoreמִן־min-H4480honourablethanH4480thethirtyהַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣יםha.she.lo.ShimH7970, but he attainednotלֹא־lo'-H3808to the firstthreeהַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֖הha.she.lo.ShahH7969. AndDavidדָוִ֖דda.VidH1732setוַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּvay.si.Me.huH7760him over hisguardמִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ׃ סmish.ma'.ToH4928.

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