Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.” Young's Literal Translation And Joab saith, ‘God liveth! for unless thou hadst spoken, surely then from the morning had the people gone up each from after his brother.’ King James Bible And Joab said, [As] God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. Hebrew “As surely as Godהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative lives,” חַ֚י (ḥay) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life Joab יוֹאָ֔ב (yō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites replied, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “if you had not כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction spoken up, דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ (dib·bar·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue the troops הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock would have continued נַעֲלָ֣ה (na·‘ă·lāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively pursuing מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י (mê·’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition-m Strong's 310: The hind or following part their brothers אָחִֽיו׃ (’ā·ḥîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) until morning.” מֵֽהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (mê·hab·bō·qer) Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning |
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