2 Samuel 17:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

Young's Literal Translation
and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man’s son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

King James Bible
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa [was] a man's son, whose name [was] Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

Hebrew
Absalom
אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם (’aḇ·šā·lōm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

had appointed
שָׂ֧ם (śām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

Amasa
עֲמָשָׂ֗א (‘ă·mā·śā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6021: Amasa -- two Israelites

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the army
הַצָּבָ֑א (haṣ·ṣā·ḇā)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

in place
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

of Joab.
יוֹאָ֖ב (yō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

Amasa
וַעֲמָשָׂ֣א (wa·‘ă·mā·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6021: Amasa -- two Israelites

was the son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of a man
אִ֗ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

named
וּשְׁמוֹ֙ (ū·šə·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

Ithra,
יִתְרָ֣א (yiṯ·rā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3501: Ithra -- father of Amasa

the Ishmaelite
הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔י (hay·yiś·rə·’ê·lî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3481: Israel -- descendant of Israel

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

had married
בָּא֙ (bā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

Abigail
אֲבִיגַ֣ל (’ă·ḇî·ḡal)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 26: Abigail -- 'my father is joy', two Israelite women

daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of Nahash
נָחָ֔שׁ (nā·ḥāš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5176: Nahash -- the name of several non-Israelites

and sister
אֲח֥וֹת (’ă·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

of Zeruiah
צְרוּיָ֖ה (ṣə·rū·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6870: Zeruiah -- an Israelite woman

the mother
אֵ֥ם (’êm)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 517: A mother, )

of Joab.
יוֹאָֽב׃ (yō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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