KJV: Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
YLT: And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun hath gone in, and they have come in unto the height of Ammah, which is on the front of Giah, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
Darby: And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
ASV: But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
| וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֛וּ | And pursued |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: רָדַף Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after. |
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| יוֹאָ֥ב | Joab |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄואָב Sense: son of David’s sister Zeruiah and general of David’s army. |
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| וַאֲבִישַׁ֖י | and Abishai |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִישַׁי Sense: grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab. |
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| אַחֲרֵ֣י | after |
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Parse: Preposition Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time). |
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| אַבְנֵ֑ר | Abner |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִינֵר Sense: Saul’s cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab. |
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| וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ | and the sun |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, common singular Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ Sense: sun. |
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| בָּ֔אָה | was going down |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in. |
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| וְהֵ֗מָּה | and when they |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural Root: הֵם Sense: they, these, the same, who. |
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| בָּ֚אוּ | came |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in. |
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| גִּבְעַ֣ת | the hill |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: גִּבְעָה Sense: hill. |
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| אַמָּ֔ה | of Ammah |
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Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: אַמָּה Sense: a hill near Gibeon. |
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| אֲשֶׁר֙ | which [is] |
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Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.). |
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| עַל־ | upon |
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Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against. |
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| פְּנֵי־ | the face of |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face. |
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| גִ֔יחַ | Giah |
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Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: גִּיחַ Sense: a place near Gibeon in Benjamin. |
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| דֶּ֖רֶךְ | by the road to |
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Parse: Noun, common singular construct Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner. |
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| מִדְבַּ֥ר | the Wilderness |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מִדְבָּר Sense: wilderness. |
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| גִּבְעֽוֹן | of Gibeon |
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Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: גִּבְעֹן Sense: a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern ‘el-Jib’, which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem. |
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