2 Samuel 3:29
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”

Young's Literal Translation
it doth stay on the head of Joab, and on all the house of his father, and there is not cut off from the house of Joab one having an issue, and leprous, and laying hold on a staff, and falling by a sword, and lacking bread.’

King James Bible
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

Hebrew
May it whirl
יָחֻ֙לוּ֙ (yā·ḥu·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

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

the heads
רֹ֣אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

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

and
וְאֶ֖ל (wə·’el)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the entire
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of his father,
אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and may the house
מִבֵּ֣ית (mib·bêṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

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

never
וְֽאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

be without
יִכָּרֵ֣ת (yik·kā·rêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

one having a discharge
זָ֠ב (zāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow

or skin disease
וּמְצֹרָ֞ע (ū·mə·ṣō·rā‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6879: To be struck with leprosy, to be leprous

or who leans
וּמַחֲזִ֥יק (ū·ma·ḥă·zîq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

on a staff
בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ (bap·pe·leḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6418: A circuit, a spindle, a crutch

or falls
וְנֹפֵ֥ל (wə·nō·p̄êl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

by the sword
בַּחֶ֖רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

or starves.”
וַחֲסַר־ (wa·ḥă·sar-)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2638: Needy, lacking, in want of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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