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2 Samuel 8:5

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And David took from him a thousand [chariots], and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] an hundred chariots.	And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.	Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when the Syrians^H758 of Damascus^H1834 came^H935 to succour^H5826 Hadadezer^H1909 king^H4428 of Zobah^H6678, David^H1732 slew^H5221 of the Syrians^H758 two^H8147 and twenty^H6242 thousand^H505 men^H376.

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Original Hebrew

וַתָּבֹא אֲרַם דַּמֶּשֶׂק לַעְזֹר לַהֲדַדְעֶזֶר מֶלֶךְ צֹובָה וַיַּךְ דָּוִד בַּאֲרָם עֶשְׂרִים־וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף אִישׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תָּבֹא֙	va./ta.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it came
אֲרַ֣ם	'a.Ram	H758	HNp	Aram
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק	da.Me.sek	H1834	HNp	Damascus
לַ/עְזֹ֕ר	la/'.Zor	H5826	HR/Vqc	to/ help
לַ/הֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר	la./ha.dad.'E.zer	H1909	HR/Np	(to)/ Hadadezer
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
צוֹבָ֑ה	tzo.Vah	H6678	HNp	Zobah
וַ/יַּ֤ךְ	va/i.Yakh	H5221	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he struck down
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
בַּֽ/אֲרָ֔ם	ba./'a.Ram	H758	HR/Np	among/ Aram
עֶשְׂרִֽים	'es.rim-	H6242	HAcbpa	twenty
וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם	u./she.Na.yim	H8147	HC/Acmda	and/ two
אֶ֖לֶף	'E.lef	H505	HAcbsa	thousand
אִֽישׁ	'Ish	H376	HNcmsa	man

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• 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.
• 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.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H1834 — דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq, dam-meh'-sek): or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria; Damascus.
• H1909 — הֲדַדְעֶזֶר (Hădadʻezer, had-ad-eh'-zer): from הֲדַד and עֵזֶר; Hadad (is his) help; Hadadezer, a Syrian king; Hadadezer. Compare הֲדַרְעֶזֶר.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• 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.
• H5826 — עָזַר (ʻâzar, aw-zar'): a primitive root; to surround, i.e. protect or aid; help, succour.
• H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
• H6678 — צוֹבָא (Tsôwbâʼ, tso-baw'): or צוֹבָה; or צֹבָה; from an unused root meaning to station; a station; Zoba or Zobah, a region of Syria; Zoba, Zobah.
• 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.

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