2 Samuel 12:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and 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 giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath 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, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth 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 still at Jerusalem.
Ezek 21:20 : 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Sam 12:26
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26And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
2 Sam 12:28-29
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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.
29And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
1 Chr 20:1
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1And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of 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 destroyed it.
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16And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
17And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
20And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
2 Sam 11:1
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1And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth 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 still at Jerusalem.
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1 Chr 19:8-9
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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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1 Chr 19:15
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15And 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.
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1 Chr 21:4
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