King James Version

2 Samuel 12:26

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

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וַיִּלָּ֣חֶםvayilachemand devourלָחַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and devour”, the next action in the storyH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).יוֹאָ֔בyoavJoabיוֹאָבnoun, proper name — “Joab”H3097Joab, the name of three IsraelitesJoab.בְּרַבַּ֖תberabatin Rabbahרַבָּהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Rabbah”H7237Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and WestRabbah, Rabbath.בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […עַמּ֑וֹןamonAmmonעַמּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Ammon”H5983Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their countryAmmon, Ammonites.וַיִּלְכֹּ֖דvayilkodand catchלָכַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and catch”, the next action in the storyH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עִ֥ירircityעִירnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.הַמְּלוּכָֽהhamlukhahthe kingsomמְלוּכָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the kingsom”, the ordinary formH4410something ruled, i.e. a realmkingsom, king's, [idiom] royal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city,

World English Bible

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Darby Translation

And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Douay-Rheims

And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and laid close siege to the royal city.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπολέμησεν Ἰωὰβ ἐν Ῥαββὰθ υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν, καὶ κατέλαβε τὴν πόλιν τῆς βασιλείας.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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