2 Samuel 18:22
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
נָא
please
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נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
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מָצָא
finding
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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בֵּן
O son/ my
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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עוֹד
again
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עוֹד
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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בְּשׂוֹרָה
good news
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בְּשׂוֹרָה
glad tidings; by implication, reward forgood news
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רוּץ
let me run
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רוּץ
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
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צָדוֹק
Zadok
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צָדוֹק
Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites
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יוֹאָב
Joab
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יוֹאָב
Joab, the name of three Israelites
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