וְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ׃ (wə·ḥaz·zə·qê·hū) in 2 Samuel 11:25: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular
וְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ׃ (wə·ḥaz·zə·qê·hū) in 2 Samuel 11:25
Source Word
The 2 Samuel 11:25 BSB+ word-table row 25 anchors וְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ׃ as H2388, Conj-w | V-Piel-Imp-ms | 3ms, for the rendering "Encourage him [with these words]."
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Encourage him maps the command from David through the messenger to Joab, exposing how reassurance becomes part of the king's effort to control the aftermath. Encourage him preserves Joab as the suffix-marked recipient, while with these words is supplied by the quoted-message setting rather than the verb alone.
How To Communicate It
Diagram David as speaker, the messenger as commanded agent, and Joab as recipient, then read the reassurance beside the narrator's account of Uriah's death.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not infer moral approval from the imperative or use Piel to sanitize David's handling of Uriah's death.
- The imperative addresses the messenger, while the suffix points to Joab.
- The imperative reports David's strategy without morally endorsing his manipulation or concealment of Uriah's death.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Piel
Imp
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Waw conjunction
Third person masculine singular
The waw-linked singular Piel imperative directs David's messenger, while the attached third-person suffix identifies Joab as the one encouraged. With these words comes from the speech.
The command assigns the messenger a final task: reinforce Joab with David's words and continue the managed response.
What The Form Does In This Verse
David's instruction that the messenger deliver reassurance to Joab after reporting battlefield deaths
A royal response that minimizes the losses, urges a stronger attack, and manages the consequences of Uriah's arranged death
The command assigns the messenger a final task: reinforce Joab with David's words and continue the managed response.
The imperative reports David's strategy without morally endorsing his manipulation or concealment of Uriah's death.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form maps David's message chain within a compromised royal strategy.
The waw-linked singular Piel imperative directs David's messenger, while the attached third-person suffix identifies Joab as the one encouraged. With these words comes from the speech.. The command assigns the messenger a final task: reinforce Joab with David's words and continue the managed response.. Attached to David's instruction that the messenger deliver reassurance to Joab after reporting battlefield deaths. Governed by a royal response that minimizes the losses, urges a stronger attack, and manages the consequences of Uriah's arranged death. The imperative reports David's strategy without morally endorsing his manipulation or concealment of Uriah's death.
Who must encourage whom in 2 Samuel 11:25? David commands the messenger to encourage Joab with words that minimize the deaths and press the siege forward.
Direct: Encourage him preserves Joab as the suffix-marked recipient, while with these words is supplied by the quoted-message setting rather than the verb alone.
The imperative addresses the messenger, while the suffix points to Joab. Narrated speech does not certify the command's moral rightness.
Conj-w | V-Piel-Imp-ms | 3ms at 2 Samuel 11:25 treated as the whole interpretation: Do not infer moral approval from the imperative or use Piel to sanitize David's handling of Uriah's death. the English rendering "Encourage him [with these words]" detached from its Hebrew form: Keep "Encourage him [with these words]" connected to וְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ׃, row 25, and the full 2 Samuel 11:25 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The 2 Samuel 11:25 BSB+ word-table row 25 anchors וְחַזְּקֵֽהוּ׃ as H2388, Conj-w | V-Piel-Imp-ms | 3ms, for the rendering "Encourage him [with these words]."
For h2388-2-samuel-11-25-conj-w-v-piel-imp-ms-3ms, חָזַק is the lemma behind "Encourage him [with these words]" at row 25; this exact token keeps H2388 tied to 2 Samuel 11:25.
The waw-linked singular Piel imperative directs David's messenger, while the attached third-person suffix identifies Joab as the one encouraged. With these words comes from the speech.
Second Samuel 11:25 shows David managing the aftermath of Uriah's death through reassurance for Joab and renewed siege orders.
The narrator records a command inside David's abuse of royal power; Scripture's inclusion of the speech does not convert David's manipulation into a model for leadership.
Diagram David as speaker, the messenger as commanded agent, and Joab as recipient, then read the reassurance beside the narrator's account of Uriah's death.
Do not infer moral approval from the imperative or use Piel to sanitize David's handling of Uriah's death.