2 Samuel 18:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”

Young's Literal Translation
And Joab saith to the man who is declaring [it] to him, ‘And lo, thou hast seen—and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth—and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?’

King James Bible
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver, and a girdle.

Hebrew
“You just
וְהִנֵּ֣ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

saw him!”
רָאִ֔יתָ (rā·’î·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

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

exclaimed.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Why
וּמַדּ֛וּעַ (ū·mad·dū·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason?

did you not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

strike him
הִכִּית֥וֹ (hik·kî·ṯōw)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

to the ground
אָ֑רְצָה (’ā·rə·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

right there?
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

I would have given
לָ֤תֶת (lā·ṯeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you
לְךָ֙ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

ten [shekels]
עֲשָׂ֣רָה (‘ă·śā·rāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 6235: Ten

of silver
כֶ֔סֶף (ḵe·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

and a
אֶחָֽת׃ (’e·ḥāṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

warrior's belt!”
וַחֲגֹרָ֖ה (wa·ḥă·ḡō·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2290: A belt, girdle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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