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2 Samuel 2:25

“And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

קָבַץqâbats · kaw-bats'
H6908 · Hebrew

Definition: to grasp, i.e. collect
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּ — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vtw3mp
Usage: Occurs 127 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:35 Genesis 41:48 Genesis 49:2 Deuteronomy 13:17 Deuteronomy 30:3

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 קָבַץ here.

Verse 24 Verse 26

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.