King James Version

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

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וַיָּסֹ֨בּוּ֙vayasobvand bringסָבַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bring”, the next action in the storyH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…עֲשָׂרָ֣הasarahtenעֶשֶׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “ten”, the ordinary formH6235ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.נְעָרִ֔יםnearimboyנַעַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “boy”, the ordinary formH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).נֹשְׂאֵ֖יnoseelift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, participle, construct — “lift up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…כְּלֵ֣יkelevesselכְּלִיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “vessel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3627something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] w…יוֹאָ֑בyoavJoabיוֹאָבnoun, proper name — “Joab”H3097Joab, the name of three IsraelitesJoab.וַיַּכּ֥וּvayakvand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and strike”, the next action in the storyH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.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).אַבְשָׁל֖וֹםavshalomAbishalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹםnoun, proper name — “Abishalom”H53Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later IsraeliteAbishalom, Absalom.וַיְמִיתֻֽהוּvaymituhvand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And ten young men that bare Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they go round — ten youths bearing weapons of Joab — and smite Absalom, and put him to death.

World English Bible

Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

Darby Translation

And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him.

Douay-Rheims

Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him slew him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed Abessalom, and smote him and slew him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν δέκα παιδάρια αἴροντα τὰ σκεύη Ἰωὰβ, καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὸν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ, καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν αὐτόν.