2 Samuel 20:26

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And Sheva [was] scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:	And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.	Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Ira^H5896 also the Jairite^H2972 was a chief ruler^H3548 about David^H1732.

Original Hebrew

וְגַם עִירָא הַיָּאִרִי הָיָה כֹהֵן לְדָוִד׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/גַ֗ם	ve./Gam	H1571	HC/Ta	and/ also
עִירָא֙	'i.Ra'	H5896	HNp	Ira
הַ/יָּ֣אִרִ֔י	hai./Ya.'i.Ri	H2972	HTd/Ngmsa	the/ Jairite
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	he was
כֹהֵ֖ן	kho.Hen	H3548	HNcmsa	a priest
לְ/דָוִֽד	le./da.Vid	H1732	HR/Np	of/ David

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

Strong's References

H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
H2972 — יָאִרִי (Yâʼirîy, yaw-ee-ree'): patronymically from יָאִיר; a Jairite or descendant of Jair; Jairite.
H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
H5896 — עִירָא (ʻÎyrâʼ, ee-raw'): from עוּר; wakefulness; Ira, the name of three Israelites; Ira.

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

H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
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.

Cross References

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

chief ruler — Genesis 41:43, Genesis 41:45, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:16, 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 24:11, 2 Chronicles 35:15
Ira — 2 Samuel 23:38, 1 Chronicles 11:40
Jairite — Judges 10:4-5

Reciprocal references (2): 1 Kings 4:5, Psalms 132:1

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