“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 18:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 18:818 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תְּהִיwatəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
שָׁ֧םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֛הhamiləḥāmāh
the battleparticleH4421
fight · war
נפציתnpṣyt
break (dashverbH6327
shake) in pieces · cast · disperse · drive ···
נָפֹ֖צֶתnāpōṣet
break (dashverbH6327
shake) in pieces · cast · disperse · drive ···
עַלʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵ֣יpənēy
the face ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וַ/יֶּ֤רֶבwayereb
and it increasedconjH7235
archer (by mistake for
הַ/יַּ֨עַר֙hayaʿar
the forestparticleH3293
forest · wood
לֶ/אֱכֹ֣לleʾĕkōl
to consumepronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
בָּ/עָ֔םbāʿām
among the peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
מֵ/אֲשֶׁ֥רmēʾăšer
more than those whompronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָכְלָ֛הʾākəlāh
it consumedverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
הַ/חֶ֖רֶבhaḥereb
the swordparticleH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
בַּ/יּ֥וֹםbaywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/הֽוּאhahwʾ
thatparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ℹWords 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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