אֲשֶׁ֣ר - ’ă·šer הָאֶ֤בֶן stone hā·’e·ḇen בְּגִבְע֔וֹן in Gibeon , bə·ḡiḇ·‘ō·wn וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א Amasa wa·‘ă·mā·śā בָּ֣א joined bā לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם them . lip̄·nê·hem וְיוֹאָ֞ב Now Joab wə·yō·w·’āḇ חָג֣וּר׀ was dressed ḥā·ḡūr מִדּ֣וֹ in military attire mid·dōw לְבֻשׁ֗וּ . . . , lə·ḇu·šū חֶ֙רֶב֙ with a dagger ḥe·reḇ מְצֻמֶּ֤דֶת strapped mə·ṣum·me·ḏeṯ וְעָלוֹ - wə·ʿå̄·lō חֲג֥וֹר to his belt ḥă·ḡō·wr עַל־ . . . ‘al- מָתְנָיו֙ . . . . mā·ṯə·nāw וְה֥וּא And as he wə·hū יָצָ֖א stepped forward , yā·ṣā וַתִּפֹּֽל׃ס he slipped the dagger wat·tip·pōl בְּתַעְרָ֔הּ from its sheath . bə·ṯa‘·rāh 2 Samuel 20:9 אַתָּ֖ה “ Are you ’at·tāh הֲשָׁל֥וֹם well , hă·šā·lō·wm אָחִ֑י my brother ? ” ’ā·ḥî יוֹאָב֙ Joab yō·w·’āḇ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר asked way·yō·mer לַעֲמָשָׂ֔א Amasa . la·‘ă·mā·śā יְמִ֥ין And with his right yə·mîn יַד־ hand yaḏ- יוֹאָ֛ב Joab yō·w·’āḇ וַתֹּ֜חֶז grabbed wat·tō·ḥez עֲמָשָׂ֖א Amasa ‘ă·mā·śā בִּזְקַ֥ן by the beard biz·qan לִנְשָׁק־ to kiss lin·šāq- לֽוֹ׃ him . lōw 2 Samuel 20:10 וַעֲמָשָׂ֨א Amasa wa·‘ă·mā·śā לֹֽא־ was not lō- נִשְׁמַ֜ר on guard niš·mar בַּחֶ֣רֶב׀ against the dagger ba·ḥe·reḇ אֲשֶׁ֣ר - ’ă·šer יוֹאָ֗ב in Joab’s yō·w·’āḇ בְּיַד־ hand , bə·yaḏ- וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩ and Joab stabbed way·yak·kê·hū בָ֨הּ him ḇāh אֶל־ in ’el- הַחֹ֜מֶשׁ the stomach ha·ḥō·meš מֵעָ֥יו and spilled out his intestines mê·‘āw וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ . . . way·yiš·pōḵ אַ֛רְצָה on the ground . ’ar·ṣāh וְלֹא־ And Joab did not need wə·lō- שָׁ֥נָה to strike him again šā·nāh ל֖וֹ . . . , lōw וַיָּמֹ֑תס for Amasa was dead . way·yå̄·mō·ṯs וְיוֹאָב֙ Then Joab wə·yō·w·’āḇ אָחִ֔יו and his brother ’ā·ḥîw וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י Abishai wa·’ă·ḇî·šay רָדַ֕ף pursued rā·ḏap̄ אַחֲרֵ֖י . . . ’a·ḥă·rê שֶׁ֥בַע Sheba še·ḇa‘ בֶּן־ son ben- בִּכְרִֽי׃ of Bichri . biḵ·rî 2 Samuel 20:11 וְאִישׁ֙ One wə·’îš יוֹאָ֑ב of Joab’s yō·w·’āḇ מִֽנַּעֲרֵ֖י young men min·na·‘ă·rê עָמַ֣ד stood ‘ā·maḏ עָלָ֔יו near Amasa ‘ā·lāw וַיֹּ֗אמֶר and said , way·yō·mer מִי֩ “ Whoever mî אֲשֶׁ֨ר - ’ă·šer חָפֵ֧ץ favors ḥā·p̄êṣ בְּיוֹאָ֛ב Joab , bə·yō·w·’āḇ וּמִ֥י and whoever ū·mî אֲשֶׁר־ - ’ă·šer- לְדָוִ֖ד is for David , lə·ḏā·wiḏ אַחֲרֵ֥י [let him] follow ’a·ḥă·rê יוֹאָֽב׃ Joab ! ” yō·w·’āḇ 2 Samuel 20:12 וַעֲמָשָׂ֛א But Amasa wa·‘ă·mā·śā מִתְגֹּלֵ֥ל wallowed miṯ·gō·lêl בַּדָּ֖ם in his blood bad·dām בְּת֣וֹךְ in the middle bə·ṯō·wḵ הַֽמְסִּלָּ֑ה of the road , ham·mə·sil·lāh הָאִ֜ישׁ and when the man hā·’îš וַיַּ֨רְא saw way·yar כִּֽי־ that kî- כָּל־ all kāl- הָעָ֗ם the troops hā·‘ām עָמַ֣ד were stopping there , ‘ā·maḏ וַיַּסֵּב֩ he dragged way·yas·sêḇ אֶת־ - ’eṯ-

