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2 Samuel 2:23
“Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3985 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to refuse
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- refuse, [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְמָאֵ֣ן — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 41 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:35Genesis 39:8Genesis 48:19Exodus 4:23Exodus 7:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָאֵן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.