1 Samuel 17:21

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And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.	For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.	And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For Israel^H3478 and the Philistines^H6430 had put the battle in array^H6186, army^H4634 against^H7125 army^H4634.

Original Hebrew

וַתַּעֲרֹךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפְלִשְׁתִּים מַעֲרָכָה לִקְרַאת מַעֲרָכָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תַּעֲרֹ֤ךְ	va./ta.'a.Rokh	H6186	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it deployed
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	u./fe.lish.Tim	H6430	HC/Ngmpa	and/ (the) Philistines
מַעֲרָכָ֖ה	ma.'a.ra.Khah	H4634	HNcfsa	battle line
לִ/קְרַ֥את	li/k.Rat	H7122	HR/Vqc	to/ meet
מַעֲרָכָֽה	ma.'a.ra.Khah	H4634	HNcfsa	battle line

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

Strong's References

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.
H4634 — מַעֲרָכָה (maʻărâkâh, mah-ar-aw-kaw'): feminine of מַעֲרָךְ; an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array; army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
H6186 — עָרַךְ (ʻârak, aw-rak'): a primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications); put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
H7125 — קִרְאָה (qirʼâh, keer-aw'): from קָרָא; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite); [idiom] against (he come), help, meet, seek, [idiom] to, [idiom] in the way.

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

H7122 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root; to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner; befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Samuel 4:2

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