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Judges 3:13

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And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.	And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.	So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he gathered^H622 unto him the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 and Amalek^H6002, and went^H3212 and smote^H5221 Israel^H3478, and possessed^H3423 the city^H5892 of palm trees^{H8558 H5899}.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֶּאֱסֹף אֵלָיו אֶת־בְּנֵי עַמֹּון וַעֲמָלֵק וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיַּךְ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּירְשׁוּ אֶת־עִיר הַתְּמָרִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֶּאֱסֹ֣ף	va/i.ye.'e.Sof	H622	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he gathered
אֵלָ֔י/ו	'e.La/v	H413	HR/Sp3ms	to/ himself
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) people of
עַמּ֖וֹן	a.Mon	H5983	HNp	Ammon
וַ/עֲמָלֵ֑ק	va./'a.ma.Lek	H6002	HC/Np	and/ Amalek
וַ/יֵּ֗לֶךְ	va/i.Ye.lekh	H3212	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went
וַ/יַּךְ֙	va/i.yaKh	H5221	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he attacked
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
וַ/יִּֽירְשׁ֖וּ	va/i.yi.re.Shu	H3423	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they took possession of
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עִ֥יר	'ir	H5892	HNcfsc	(the) city of
הַ/תְּמָרִֽים	ha./te.ma.Rim	H8558	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ palm trees

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

Strong's References

• H622 — אָסַף (ʼâçaph, aw-saf'): a primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.); assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly, withdraw.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3423 — יָרַשׁ (yârash, yaw-rash'): or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin; cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• 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.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H5899 — עִיר הַתְּמָרִים (ʻÎyr hat-Tᵉmârîym, eer hat-tem-aw-reem'): from עִיר and the plural of תָּמָר with the article interpolated; city of the palmtrees; Ir-hat-Temarim, a place in Palestine; the city of palmtrees.
• H5983 — עַמּוֹן (ʻAmmôwn, am-mone'): from עַם; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country; Ammon, Ammonites.
• H6002 — עֲמָלֵק (ʻĂmâlêq, am-aw-lake'): probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country; Amalek.
• H8558 — תָּמָר (tâmâr, taw-mawr'): from an unused root meaning to be erect; a palm tree; palm (tree).

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• 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).

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