| 25. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 17:25:1 ⧉וְאֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֗אveetamasaand Amasa {direct object marker + name} 2 Samuel 17:25:2 ⧉שָׂ֧םsamhe set or appointed 2 Samuel 17:25:3 ⧉אַבְשָׁלֹ֛םavshalomAbsalom 2 Samuel 17:25:4 ⧉תַּ֥חַתtakhatunder, in place of 2 Samuel 17:25:5 ⧉יוֹאָ֖בyoavJoab 2 Samuel 17:25:6 ⧉עַל־הַצָּבָ֑אalhatsavaover the army 2 Samuel 17:25:7 ⧉וַעֲמָשָׂ֣אvaamasaand Amasa 2 Samuel 17:25:8 ⧉בֶן־אִ֗ישׁvenishson of a man 2 Samuel 17:25:9 ⧉וּשְׁמוֹ֙ushemoand his name 2 Samuel 17:25:10 ⧉יִתְרָ֣אyitraIthra 2 Samuel 17:25:11 ⧉הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔יhayisreelithe Israelite 2 Samuel 17:25:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־בָּא֙asherbawho came 2 Samuel 17:25:13 ⧉אֶל־אֲבִיגַ֣לelavigalto Abigal 2 Samuel 17:25:14 ⧉בַּת־נָחָ֔שׁbatnakhashdaughter of Nahash 2 Samuel 17:25:15 ⧉אֲח֥וֹתakhotsister of 2 Samuel 17:25:16 ⧉צְרוּיָ֖הtseruyaZeruiah 2 Samuel 17:25:17 ⧉אֵ֥םemmother of 2 Samuel 17:25:18 ⧉יוֹאָֽב׃yoavJoab |
| 25. Formal Translation And Absalom appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Amasa was the son of a man named Yithra the Israelite, who came to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab. |
| 25. Dynamic Translation Absalom put Amasa in charge of the army instead of Joab. Amasa’s father was a man named Yithra, an Israelite, who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. |