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Judges 8:17

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And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.	And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.	Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he beat down^H5422 the tower^H4026 of Penuel^H6439, and slew^H2026 the men^H582 of the city^H5892.

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Original Hebrew

וְאֶת־מִגְדַּל פְּנוּאֵל נָתָץ וַיַּהֲרֹג אֶת־אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
מִגְדַּ֥ל	mig.Dal	H4026	HNcbsc	(the) tower of
פְּנוּאֵ֖ל	pe.nu.'El	H6439	HNp	Penuel
נָתָ֑ץ	na.Tatz	H5422	HVqp3ms	he tore down
וַֽ/יַּהֲרֹ֖ג	va/i.ya.ha.Rog	H2026	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he killed
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אַנְשֵׁ֥י	'an.Shei	H376	HNcmpc	(the) men of
הָ/עִֽיר	ha./'Ir	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ city

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

Strong's References

• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H2026 — הָרַג (hârag, haw-rag'): a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
• H4026 — מִגְדָּל (migdâl, mig-dawl'): also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from גָּדַל; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers; castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
• H5422 — נָתַץ (nâthats, naw-thats'): a primitive root; to tear down; beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.
• 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.
• H6439 — פְּנוּאֵל (Pᵉnûwʼêl, pen-oo-ale'): or (more properly,) פְּנִיאֵל; from פָּנָה and אֵל; face of God; Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites; Peniel, Penuel.

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

• 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.
• 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

Reciprocal references (2): Genesis 32:30, 1 Chronicles 20:3

Related Topics

• Nave’s: GIDEON, GOD, ISRAEL, PATRIOTISM, PENUEL, RETALIATION, TOWER, ZALMUNNA, ZEBAH

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