Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וַיִּֽהְיוּ־ way-yih-yū- And were Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time)">8033 [e] שָׁ֗ם šām, there Adv 1a) 3, 300, third">7969 [e] שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ šə-lō-šāh three Number-ms 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class">1121 [e] בְּנֵ֣י bə-nê the sons N-mpc 1) sister of David and mother of the 3 leading heroes of David's army-Abishai, Joab, and Asahel">6870 [e] צְרוּיָ֔ה ṣə-rū-yāh, of Zeruiah N-proper-ms 1) son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army 2) a Judaite descendant of Kenaz 3) a post exilic family">3097 [e] יוֹאָ֥ב yō-w-’āḇ Joab N-proper-ms 1) grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab">52 [e] וַאֲבִישַׁ֖י wa-’ă-ḇî-šay and Abishai Conj-w | N-proper-ms 1) nephew of David, son of David's sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him 2) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who went through the kingdom giving instruction in the law 3) a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes and dedicated things in the temple 4) a priest, father of Jonathan, in the time of Ezra">6214 [e] וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל wa-‘ă-śā-h-’êl; and Asahel Conj-w | N-proper-ms 1) nephew of David, son of David's sister Zeruiah, and brother of Joab and Abishai; swift of foot he was killed by Abner when he pursued him in battle and caught him 2) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah who went through the kingdom giving instruction in the law 3) a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes and dedicated things in the temple 4) a priest, father of Jonathan, in the time of Ezra">6214 [e] וַעֲשָׂהאֵל֙ wa-‘ă-śā-h-’êl and Asahel Conj-w | N-proper-ms 1a) swift 1b) one who is swift">7031 [e] קַ֣ל qal [was as] fleet Adj-ms 1a) foot, leg 1b) of God (anthropomorphic) 1c) of seraphim, cherubim, idols, animals, table 1d) according to the pace of (with prep) 1e) three times (feet, paces)">7272 [e] בְּרַגְלָ֔יו bə-raḡ-lāw, of foot Prep-b | N-fdc | 3ms 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)">259 [e] כְּאַחַ֥ד kə-’a-ḥaḏ as one Prep-k | Number-msc 1a) beauty, decoration 1b) honour 2) roebuck, gazelle 2a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown">6643 [e] הַצְּבָיִ֖ם haṣ-ṣə-ḇā-yim of the gazelles Art | N-mp 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if">834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֥ר ’ă-šer that Pro-r 1a) cultivated field 1b) of home of wild beasts 1c) plain (opposed to mountain) 1d) land (opposed to sea)">7704 [e] בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ baś-śā-ḏeh. wild Prep-b, Art | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.

King James Bible
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like one of the wild gazelles.

three

1 Chronicles 2:15,16 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh…

1 Chronicles 11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, …

was as light

2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in …

1 Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves to David into the hold …

Psalm 147:10,11 He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure …

Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, …

Amos 2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong …

foot [heb] his feet
a wild roe. [heb] one of the roes that is in the field

Psalm 18:33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me on my high places.

Songs 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, …

Songs 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart …

Habakkuk 3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' …

The word {tzvee}, rather denotes the gazelle or antelope. See note on De.

2 Samuel 15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite …

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