Later, under the pretext of greeting his cousin Amasa, Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard with his right hand as if to kiss him and then ran him through with the sword in his left hand.
בידו הימנית אחז בזקן דודנו כמו רוצה לנשקו, ובידו השמאלית היכהו בחרבו (‏ שמ ” ב י ” ז: 25; כ ’: 8 – 10‏).