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2 Samuel 10:11

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And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put [them] in array against the children of Ammon.	And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.	Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he said^H559, If the Syrians^H758 be too strong^H2388 for me, then thou shalt help^H3444 me: but if the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 be too strong^H2388 for thee, then I will come^H1980 and help^H3467 thee.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אִם־תֶּחֱזַק אֲרָם מִמֶּנִּי וְהָיִתָה לִּי לִישׁוּעָה וְאִם־בְּנֵי עַמֹּון יֶחֱזְקוּ מִמְּךָ וְהָלַכְתִּי לְהֹושִׁיעַ לָךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
תֶּחֱזַ֤ק	te.che.Zak	H2388	HVqi3fs	it will be (too) strong
אֲרָם֙	'a.Ram	H758	HNp	Aram
מִמֶּ֔/נִּי	mi.Me./ni	H4480	HR/Sp1cs	for/ me
וְ/הָיִ֥תָה	ve./ha.Yi.tah	H1961	HC/Vqq3fs	and/ you will become
לִּ֖/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	of/ me
לִֽ/ישׁוּעָ֑ה	li./shu.'Ah	H3467	HR/Ncfsa	(into)/ deliverance
וְ/אִם	ve./'im-	H518	HC/C	and/ if
בְּנֵ֤י	be.Nei	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) people of
עַמּוֹן֙	'a.mOn	H5983	HNp	Ammon
יֶחֱזְק֣וּ	ye.chez.Ku	H2388	HVqi3mp	they will be (too) strong
מִמְּ/ךָ֔	mi.me./Kha	H4480	HR/Sp2ms	for/ you
וְ/הָלַכְתִּ֖י	ve./ha.lakh.Ti	H1980	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will come
לְ/הוֹשִׁ֥יעַֽ	le./ho.Shi.a'	H3467	HR/Vhc	to/ deliver
לָֽ/ךְ	La/kh		HR/Sp2fs	(to) (the)/ you

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

Strong's References

• 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.
• 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.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
• H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
• H3444 — יְשׁוּעָה (yᵉshûwʻâh, yesh-oo'-aw): feminine passive participle of יָשַׁע; something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity; deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
• H3467 — יָשַׁע (yâshaʻ, yaw-shah'): a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor; [idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
• H5983 — עַמּוֹן (ʻAmmôwn, am-mone'): from עַם; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country; Ammon, Ammonites.

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

• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

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