2 Samuel 24:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.”

2 Samuel 24:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 24:923 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּתֵּ֥ןwayitēn

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

יוֹאָ֛בywōʾāb

JoabnounH3097

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מִסְפַּ֥רmisəpar

accountnounH4557

abundance · all · few · finite ···

מִפְקַדmipəqad

appointed placenounH4662

commandment · number

הָ/עָ֖םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

וַ/תְּהִ֣יwatəhiy

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֡לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

שְׁמֹנֶה֩šəmōneh

eight(-eenadjH8083

-eenth) · eighth

מֵא֨וֹתmēʾwōt

hundredadjH3967

-th) · sixscore

אֶ֤לֶףʾelep

thousandadjH505

אִֽישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

חַ֨יִל֙ḥayil

ablenounH2428

activity · army · band of men · company ···

שֹׁ֣לֵֽףšōlēp

drawverbH8025

grow up · pluck off

חֶ֔רֶבḥereb

axenounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

וְ/אִ֣ישׁwəʾiyš

manconjH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

יְהוּדָ֔הyəhwdāh

JudahnounH3063

חֲמֵשׁḥămēš

fifadjH2568

fifth · five

מֵא֥וֹתmēʾwōt

hundredadjH3967

-th) · sixscore

אֶ֖לֶףʾelep

thousandadjH505

אִֽישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

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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