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1 Kings 20:21

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And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.	And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.	And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 went out^H3318, and smote^H5221 the horses^H5483 and chariots^H7393, and slew^H5221 the Syrians^H758 with a great^H1419 slaughter^H4347.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֵּצֵא מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּךְ אֶת־הַסּוּס וְאֶת־הָרָכֶב וְהִכָּה בַאֲרָם מַכָּה גְדֹולָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֵּצֵא֙	va/i.ye.Tze'	H3318	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went out
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
וַ/יַּ֥ךְ	va/i.Yakh	H5221	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he struck down
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/סּ֖וּס	ha./Sus	H5483	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ horse(s)
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
הָ/רָ֑כֶב	ha./Ra.khev	H7393	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ chariotry
וְ/הִכָּ֥ה	ve./hi.Kah	H5221	HC/Vhp3ms	and/ he struck down
בַ/אֲרָ֖ם	va./'a.Ram	H758	HR/Np	among/ Aram
מַכָּ֥ה	ma.Kah	H4347	HNcfsa	a slaughter
גְדוֹלָֽה	ge.do.Lah	H1419	HAafsa	great

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H758 — אֲרָם (ʼĂrâm, arawm'): from the same as אַרְמוֹן; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite; Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
• H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
• H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H4347 — מַכָּה (makkâh, mak-kaw'): or (masculine) מַכֶּה; (plural only) from נָכָה; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication,; a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence; beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
• H5483 — סוּס (çûwç, soos): or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight); crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare פָּרָשׁ.
• H7393 — רֶכֶב (rekeb, reh'-keb): from רָכַב; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone; chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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