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2 Samuel 23:12

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And after him [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.	But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.	And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But he stood^H3320 in the midst^H8432 of the ground^H2513, and defended^H5337 it, and slew^H5221 the Philistines^H6430: and the LORD^H3068 wrought^H6213 a great^H1419 victory^H8668.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּתְיַצֵּב בְּתֹוךְ־הַחֶלְקָה וַיַּצִּילֶהָ וַיַּךְ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוָה תְּשׁוּעָה גְדֹולָה׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּתְיַצֵּ֤ב	va/i.yit.ya.Tzev	H3320	HC/Vtw3ms	and/ he took his stand
בְּ/תוֹךְ	be./tokh-	H8432	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) middle of
הַֽ/חֶלְקָה֙	ha./chel.Kah	H2513	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ portion
וַ/יַּצִּילֶ֔/הָ	va/i.ya.tzi.Le./ha	H5337	HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3fs	and/ he delivered/ it
וַ/יַּ֖ךְ	va/i.Yakh	H5221	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he struck down
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	pe.lish.Tim	H6430	HNgmpa	(the) Philistines
וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ	va/i.Ya.'as	H6213	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he did
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה	te.shu.'Ah	H8668	HNcfsa	a deliverance
גְדוֹלָֽה	ge.do.Lah	H1419	HAafsa	great

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

Strong's References

• 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.
• H2513 — חֶלְקָה (chelqâh, khel-kaw'): feminine of חֵלֶק; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment; field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3320 — יָצַב (yâtsab, yaw-tsab'): a primitive root; to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue; present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
• 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.
• H5337 — נָצַל (nâtsal, naw-tsal'): a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).
• H8668 — תְּשׁוּעָה (tᵉshûwʻâh, tesh-oo-aw'): or תְּשֻׁעָה; from שָׁוַע in the sense of יָשַׁע; rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual); deliverance, help, safety, salvation, victory.

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).

Cross References

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

• the Lord — 2 Samuel 23:10, Psalms 3:8, Psalms 44:2, Proverbs 21:31

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: PHILISTINES, THE
• Nave’s: ARMIES, PHILISTINES, SHAMMAH

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