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2 Samuel 8:2

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And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.	And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.	David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he smote^H5221 Moab^H4124, and measured^H4058 them with a line^H2256, casting them down^H7901 to the ground^H776; even with two^H8147 lines^H2256 measured^H4058 he to put to death^H4191, and with one full^H4393 line^H2256 to keep alive^H2421. And so the Moabites^H4124 became David's^H1732 servants^H5650, and brought^H5375 gifts^H4503.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּךְ אֶת־מֹואָב וַיְמַדְּדֵם בַּחֶבֶל הַשְׁכֵּב אֹותָם אַרְצָה וַיְמַדֵּד שְׁנֵי־חֲבָלִים לְהָמִית וּמְלֹא הַחֶבֶל לְהַחֲיֹות וַתְּהִי מֹואָב לְדָוִד לַעֲבָדִים נֹשְׂאֵי מִנְחָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֣ךְ	va/i.Yakh	H5221	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he defeated
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מוֹאָ֗ב	mo.'Av	H4124	HNp	Moab
וַֽ/יְמַדְּדֵ֤/ם	va/y.ma.de.De/m	H4058	HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp	and/ he measured off/ them
בַּ/חֶ֨בֶל֙	ba./Che.vel	H2256	HRd/Ncbsa	with (the)/ measuring-line
הַשְׁכֵּ֣ב	hash.Kev	H7901	HVha	he made lie down
אוֹתָ֣/ם	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ them
אַ֔רְצָ/ה	'Ar.tza/h	H776	HNcbsa/Sd	(the) ground/ towards
וַ/יְמַדֵּ֤ד	va/y.ma.Ded	H4058	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he measured off
שְׁנֵֽי	she.nei-	H8147	HAcmdc	two
חֲבָלִים֙	cha.va.Lim	H2256	HNcbpa	measuring-lines
לְ/הָמִ֔ית	le./ha.Mit	H4191	HR/Vhc	to/ put to death
וּ/מְלֹ֥א	u./me.Lo'	H4393	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) fullness of
הַ/חֶ֖בֶל	ha./Che.vel	H2256	HTd/Ncbsa	(the)/ measuring-line
לְ/הַחֲי֑וֹת	le./ha.cha.Yot	H2421	HR/Vhc	to/ let live
וַ/תְּהִ֤י	va./te.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it became
מוֹאָב֙	mo.'Av	H4124	HNp	Moab
לְ/דָוִ֔ד	le./da.Vid	H1732	HR/Np	of/ David
לַ/עֲבָדִ֖ים	la./'a.va.Dim	H5650	HR/Ncmpa	(into)/ servants
נֹשְׂאֵ֥י	no.se.'Ei	H5375	HVqrmpc	bearing
מִנְחָֽה	min.Chah	H4503	HNcfsa	(of) tribute

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

Strong's References

• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H2256 — חֶבֶל (chebel, kheh'-bel): or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
• H2421 — חָיָה (châyâh, khaw-yaw'): a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
• H4058 — מָדַד (mâdad, maw-dad'): a primitive root; properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended; measure, mete, stretch self.
• 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.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H4393 — מְלֹא (mᵉlôʼ, mel-o'): rarely מְלוֹא; or מְלוֹ; (Ezekiel [41:8), from מָלֵא; fulness (literally or figuratively); [idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.
• H4503 — מִנְחָה (minchâh, min-khaw'): from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary); gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
• 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.
• H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

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).
• 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.

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