Abishai = "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift"

1. grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab

Edom = "red"

1. Edom

2. Edomite, Idumean - descendants of Esau

3. land of Edom, Idumea - land south and south east of Palestine

a thousand

1. as numeral

a thousand, company

1. as a company of men under one leader, troops

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge

salt

to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill

1. (Niphal) to be stricken or smitten

2. (Pual) to be stricken or smitten

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust

   2. to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)

   3. to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage

   4. to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy

4. (Hophal) to be smitten

   1. to receive a blow

   2. to be wounded

   3. to be beaten

   4. to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain

   5. to be attacked and captured

   6. to be smitten (with disease)

   7. to be blighted (of plants)

ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

1. used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19

Zeruiah = "balsam"

1. sister of David and mother of the 3 leading heroes of David's army - Abishai, Joab, and Asahel

eight, eighth

1. eight (as cardinal number)

2. eighth (as ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers