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Song of Solomon 3:8

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Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon's; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.	They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.	King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

They all hold^H270 swords^H2719, being expert^H3925 in war^H4421: every man^H376 hath his sword^H2719 upon his thigh^H3409 because of fear^H6343 in the night^H3915.

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Original Hebrew

כֻּלָּם אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב מְלֻמְּדֵי מִלְחָמָה אִישׁ חַרְבֹּו עַל־יְרֵכֹו מִפַּחַד בַּלֵּילֹות׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כֻּלָּ/ם֙	ku.La/m	H3605	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	all of/ them
אֲחֻ֣זֵי	'a.Chu.zei	H270	HVqsmpc	(are) grasped of
חֶ֔רֶב	Che.rev	H2719	HNcfsa	a sword
מְלֻמְּדֵ֖י	me.lu.me.Dei	H3925	HVPsmpc	(are) trained of
מִלְחָמָ֑ה	mil.cha.Mah	H4421	HNcfsa	warfare
אִ֤ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	each one
חַרְבּ/וֹ֙	char.B/o	H2719	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	sword/ his
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	(is) on
יְרֵכ֔/וֹ	ye.re.Kh/o	H3409	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	thigh/ his
מִ/פַּ֖חַד	mi./Pa.chad	H6343	HR/Ncmsa	from/ dread
בַּ/לֵּילּֽוֹת	layil	H3915	HRd/Ncmpa

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

Strong's References

• H270 — אָחַז (ʼâchaz, aw-khaz'): a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession); [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
• 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.
• H2719 — חֶרֶב (chereb, kheh'-reb): from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
• H3409 — יָרֵךְ (yârêk, yaw-rake'): from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side; [idiom] body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
• 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).
• H3925 — לָמַד (lâmad, law-mad'): a primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive); (un-) accustomed, [idiom] diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, -ing).
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
• H6343 — פַּחַד (pachad, pakh'-ad): from פָּחַד; a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling); dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.

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

• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• 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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