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2 Samuel 18:7

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So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;	Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand [men].	For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Where the people^H5971 of Israel^H3478 were slain^H5062 before^H6440 the servants^H5650 of David^H1732, and there was there a great^H1419 slaughter^H4046 that day^H3117 of twenty^H6242 thousand^H505 men.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּנָּגְפוּ שָׁם עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד וַתְּהִי־שָׁם הַמַּגֵּפָה גְדֹולָה בַּיֹּום הַהוּא עֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּנָּ֤גְפוּ	va/i.yi.Na.ge.fu	H5062	HC/VNw3mp	and/ they were defeated
שָׁם֙	sham	H8033	HD	there
עַ֣ם	'am	H5971	HNcmsc	(the) people of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לִ/פְנֵ֖י	li/f.Nei	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	(to)/ before
עַבְדֵ֣י	'av.Dei	H5650	HNcmpc	(the) servants of
דָוִ֑ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
וַ/תְּהִי	va./te.hi-	H1961	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it was
שָׁ֞ם	sham	H8033	HD	there
הַ/מַּגֵּפָ֧ה	ha./ma.ge.Fah	H4046	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ slaughter
גְדוֹלָ֛ה	ge.do.Lah	H1419	HAafsa	great
בַּ/יּ֥וֹם	ba/i.Yom	H3117	HRd/Ncmsa	on the/ day
הַ/ה֖וּא	ha./Hu'	H1931	HTd/Pp3ms	(the)/ that
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	'es.Rim	H6242	HAcbpa	twenty
אָֽלֶף	'A.lef	H505	HAcbsa	thousand

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

Strong's References

• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• 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.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• 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.
• H4046 — מַגֵּפָה (maggêphâh, mag-gay-faw'): from נָגַף; a pestilence; by analogy, defeat; ([idiom] be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.
• H5062 — נָגַף (nâgaph, naw-gaf'): a primitive root; to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease); beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, [idiom] surely, put to the worse.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.

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

• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• 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.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

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