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2 Samuel 18:8 — King James Version← Study notes

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.


2 Samuel 18:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 18:818 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תְּהִיwatəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
שָׁ֧םšām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֛הhamiləḥāmāh
battleparticleH4421
fight · war
נפציתnpṣyt
break (dashverbH6327
shake) in pieces · cast · disperse · drive ···
נָפֹ֖צֶתnāpōṣet
break (dashverbH6327
shake) in pieces · cast · disperse · drive ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
a- forenounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
כָלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וַ/יֶּ֤רֶבwayereb
abundanceconjH7235
archer (by mistake for
הַ/יַּ֨עַר֙hayaʿar
combparticleH3293
forest · wood
לֶ/אֱכֹ֣לleʾĕkōl
burn uppronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
בָּ/עָ֔םbāʿām
peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
מֵ/אֲשֶׁ֥רmēʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָכְלָ֛הʾākəlāh
burn upverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
הַ/חֶ֖רֶבhaḥereb
axeparticleH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
בַּ/יּ֥וֹםbaywōm
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/הֽוּאhahwʾ
heparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
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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