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2 Kings 3:21

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And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.	And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.	And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side [as] red as blood:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when all the Moabites^H4124 heard^H8085 that the kings^H4428 were come up^H5927 to fight^H3898 against them, they gathered^H6817 all that were able to put^H2296 on armour^H2290, and upward^H4605, and stood^H5975 in the border^H1366.

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Original Hebrew

וְכָל־מֹואָב שָׁמְעוּ כִּי־עָלוּ הַמְּלָכִים לְהִלָּחֶם בָּם וַיִּצָּעֲקוּ מִכֹּל חֹגֵר חֲגֹרָה וָמַעְלָה וַיַּעַמְדוּ עַל־הַגְּבוּל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/כָל	ve./khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ all
מוֹאָב֙	mo.'Av	H4124	HNp	Moab
שָֽׁמְע֔וּ	sha.me.'U	H8085	HVqp3cp	they had heard
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
עָל֥וּ	'a.Lu	H5927	HVqp3cp	they had come up
הַ/מְּלָכִ֖ים	ha./me.la.Khim	H4428	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ kings
לְ/הִלָּ֣חֶם	le./hi.La.chem	H3898	HR/VNc	to/ fight
בָּ֑/ם	Ba/m		HR/Sp3mp	against/ them
וַ/יִּצָּעֲק֗וּ	va/i.yi.tza.'a.Ku	H6817	HC/VNw3mp	and/ they were summoned
מִ/כֹּ֨ל	mi./Kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	from/ every
חֹגֵ֤ר	cho.Ger	H2296	HVqrmsc	(one who) girds on
חֲגֹרָה֙	cha.go.Rah	H2290	HNcfsa	a belt
וָ/מַ֔עְלָ/ה	va./Ma'.la/h	H4605	HC/D/Sd	and/ up/ -wards
וַ/יַּעַמְד֖וּ	va/i.ya.'am.Du	H5975	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they took their stand
עַֽל	'al-	H5921	HR	at
הַ/גְּבֽוּל	ha./ge.Vul	H1366	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ border

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

Strong's References

• H1366 — גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'): or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from גָּבַל; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed; border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
• H2290 — חֲגוֹר (chăgôwr, khag-ore'): or חֲגֹר; and (feminine) חֲגוֹרָה; or חֲגֹרָה; from חָגַר; a belt (for the waist); apron, armour, gird(-le).
• H2296 — חָגַר (châgar, khaw-gar'): a primitive root; to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.); be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.
• H3898 — לָחַם (lâcham, law-kham'): a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction); devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
• H4124 — מוֹאָב (Môwʼâb, mo-awb): from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and אָב; from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants; Moab.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4605 — מַעַל (maʻal, mah'al): from עָלָה; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.; above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
• H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
• H5975 — עָמַד (ʻâmad, aw-mad'): a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
• H6817 — צָעַק (tsâʻaq, tsaw-ak'): a primitive root; to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly); [idiom] at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

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

• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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