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2 Kings 3:23

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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:	And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.	And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in [their] country.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they said^H559, This is blood^H1818: the kings^H4428 are surely^H2717 slain^H2717, and they have smitten^H5221 one^H376 another^H7453: now therefore, Moab^H4124, to the spoil^H7998.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ דָּם זֶה הָחֳרֵב נֶחֶרְבוּ הַמְּלָכִים וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְעַתָּה לַשָּׁלָל מֹואָב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙	va/i.yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
דָּ֣ם	dam	H1818	HNcmsa	(is) blood
זֶ֔ה	Zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
הָחֳרֵ֤ב	ho.cho.Rev	H2717	HVHa	certainly (to fight)
נֶֽחֶרְבוּ֙	ne.cher.Vu	H2717	HVNp3cp	they have fought one another
הַ/מְּלָכִ֔ים	ha./me.la.Khim	H4428	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ kings
וַ/יַּכּ֖וּ	va/i.ya.Ku	H5221	HC/Vhw3mp	and/ they have struck down
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	each
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	re.'E./hu	H7453	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	neighbor/ his
וְ/עַתָּ֥ה	ve./'a.Tah	H6258	HC/D	and/ therefore
לַ/שָּׁלָ֖ל	la./sha.Lal	H7998	HRd/Ncmsa	to the/ plunder
מוֹאָֽב	mo.'Av	H4124	HNp	O Moab

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
• H2717 — חָרַב (chârab, khaw-rab'): or חֲרֵב; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill; decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
• 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.
• 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.
• H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
• H7998 — שָׁלָל (shâlâl, shaw-lawl'): from שָׁלַל; booty; prey, spoil.

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).
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• now therefore — Exodus 15:9, Judges 5:30, 2 Chronicles 20:25, Isaiah 10:14
• This is blood — 2 Kings 6:18-20, 2 Kings 7:6

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Chronicles 10:8

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: JEHOSHAPHAT
• Torrey’s: MOABITES
• Nave’s: MOABITES

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