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2 Samuel 10:9 — King James Version← Study notes

When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:


2 Samuel 10:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 10:917 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֣רְאwayarəʾ
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
יוֹאָ֗בywōʾāb
JoabnounH3097
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָיְתָ֤הhāyətāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אֵלָי/ו֙ʾēlāyw
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
a- forenounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔הhamiləḥāmāh
battleparticleH4421
fight · war
מִ/פָּנִ֖יםmipāniym
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וּ/מֵֽ/אָח֑וֹרwmēʾāḥwōr
afterconjH268
back (part · -side · -ward) · hereafter ···
וַ/יִּבְחַ֗רwayibəḥar
acceptableconjH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
מִ/כֹּל֙mikōl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בְּחוּרֵ֣יbəḥwrēy
acceptableverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
ב/ישראלbyšrʾl
IsraelpronH3478
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וַֽ/יַּעֲרֹ֖ךְwayaʿărōkə
put (the battleconjH6186
self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···
לִ/קְרַ֥אתliqəraʾt
helppronH7125
against · meet · seek · to ···
אֲרָֽםʾărām
AramnounH758
Mesopotamia · Syria · Syrians
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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