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Genesis 14:15

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And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] unto Dan.	And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of Damascus.	And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he divided^H2505 himself against them, he and his servants^H5650, by night^H3915, and smote^H5221 them, and pursued^H7291 them unto Hobah^H2327, which is on the left hand^H8040 of Damascus^H1834.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם ׀ לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חֹובָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּשֶׂק׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֵּחָלֵ֨ק	va/i.ye.cha.Lek	H2505	HC/VNw3ms	and/ divided himself
עֲלֵי/הֶ֧ם	'a.lei./Hem	H5921	HR/Sp3mp	on/ them
לַ֛יְלָה	Lay.lah	H3915	HNcmsa	night
ה֥וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he
וַ/עֲבָדָ֖י/ו	va./'a.va.Da/v	H5650	HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	and/ servants/ his
וַ/יַּכֵּ֑/ם	va/i.ya.Ke/m	H5221	HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp	and/ he attacked/ them
וַֽ/יִּרְדְּפֵ/ם֙	va/i.yir.de.Fe/m	H7291	HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp	and/ he pursued/ them
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	to
חוֹבָ֔ה	cho.Vah	H2327	HNp	Hobah
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
מִ/שְּׂמֹ֖אל	mi./se.Mol	H8040	HR/Ncmsa	(is) from/ (the) north
לְ/דַמָּֽשֶׂק	le./da.Ma.sek	H1834	HR/Np	of/ Damascus

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

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Strong's References

• H1834 — דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq, dam-meh'-sek): or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria; Damascus.
• H2327 — חוֹבָה (chôwbâh, kho-baw'): feminine active participle of חָבָה; hiding place; Chobah, a place in Syria; Hobah.
• H2505 — חָלַק (châlaq, khaw-lak'): a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate; deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• 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.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H7291 — רָדַף (râdaph, raw-daf'): a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by); chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
• H8040 — שְׂמֹאול (sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'): or שְׂמֹאל; a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as שִׂמְלָה (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand; left (hand, side).

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

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• 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.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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