The Meaning of 2 Samuel 2:16 Explained

2 Samuel 2:16

KJV: And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

YLT: And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword is in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and one calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon,

Darby: And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side, and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is by Gibeon.

ASV: And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they caught  every one  his fellow  by the head,  and [thrust] his sword  in his fellow's  side;  so they fell down  together:  wherefore that place  was called  Helkathhazzurim,  which [is] in Gibeon. 

What does 2 Samuel 2:16 Mean?

Study Notes

Helkathhazzurim
i.e. Field of Swords.

Context Summary

2 Samuel 2:12-23 - Sword-Play To The Death
For seven and a half years David reigned over the house of Judah. He was in the prime of life, thirty years of age, and seems to have given himself to the consolidation of his kingdom and the quiet sanctities of the home. He maintained throughout those years that spirit of quiet expectancy of which his psalms so often speak. In this, he reminds us of our Lord, who is depicted as sitting at His Father's side till His foes become His footstool.
From Hebron, the city of fellowship, bands of mighty men went forth to fight with Ishbosheth, just as the warriors of the Cross have, in every age, gone forth to engage in deadly conflict with unbelief and sin. Asahel's death reminds us of Stephen's martyrdom. But the end is not yet! The Church's warfare is not against flesh and blood, but against the wicked spirits that rule the darkness of the world. Her weapons, therefore, are not carnal but spiritual, and particularly that of "all-prayer," Ephesians 6:10-20. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 2

1  David, by God's direction, with his company goes up to Hebron
4  where he is made king of Judah
5  He commends them of Jabesh Gilead for their king of Israel
8  Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel
12  A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of Joab's men
18  Asahel is slain
25  At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a retreat
32  Asahel's burial

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 2:16 mean?

And grasped each one by the head his opponent and [thrust] his sword in side of his opponent so they fell down together therefore was called place that - the Field of Swords which [is] in Gibeon
וַֽיַּחֲזִ֜קוּ אִ֣ישׁ ׀ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ רֵעֵ֗הוּ וְחַרְבּוֹ֙ בְּצַ֣ד רֵעֵ֔הוּ וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו וַיִּקְרָא֙ לַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא חֶלְקַ֥ת הַצֻּרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּגִבְעֽוֹן

וַֽיַּחֲזִ֜קוּ  And  grasped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
אִ֣ישׁ ׀  each  one 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ  by  the  head 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
רֵעֵ֗הוּ  his  opponent 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֵעַ  
Sense: friend, companion, fellow, another person.
וְחַרְבּוֹ֙  and  [thrust]  his  sword 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
בְּצַ֣ד  in  side 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: צַד 
Sense: side.
רֵעֵ֔הוּ  of  his  opponent 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֵעַ  
Sense: friend, companion, fellow, another person.
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ  so  they  fell  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
יַחְדָּ֑ו  together 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַחַד 
Sense: union, unitedness adv.
וַיִּקְרָא֙  therefore  was  called 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
לַמָּק֣וֹם  place 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
הַה֔וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
חֶלְקַ֥ת  - 
Parse:
הַצֻּרִ֖ים  the  Field  of  Swords 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: הַצֻּרִים 
Sense: a place near the pool of Gibeon where Ishbosheth’s men were killed by David’s men under Joab.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  which  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בְּגִבְעֽוֹן  in  Gibeon 
Parse: Preposition-b, 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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