They encampedוַיַּחֲנוּtheseאֵלֶּהoppositeנֹכַחthoseאֵלֶּהsevenשִׁבְעַתdays.יָמִיםAnd it happenedוַיְהִיon the seventhבַּ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיּוֹםthat the battleוַ הַמִּלְחָמָהwas joined;תִּקְרַבand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלstruckיַּכּוּAram,אֲרָםa hundredמֵאָהthousandאֶלֶףfoot soldiersרַגְלִיin oneבְּ אֶחָדday.יוֹם
1 Kings 20:29
Study it in the app“They encamped these opposite those seven days. And it happened on the seventh day that the battle was joined; and the sons of Israel struck Aram, a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.”
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1 Kings 20:29, word by word
- They encampedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- oppositeנֹכַחnochach
opposite
On the opposite side, facing something.
Where else “nochach” appears- sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- on the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- that the battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- was joinedתִּקְרַבtikrav
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “tikrav” appears- and the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- struckיַּכּוּyaku
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appears- Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- foot soldiersרַגְלִיragli
on foot
On foot: a grown man who marches on foot.
Where else “ragli” appears- in oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears
The context
28The man of Elohim came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Because Aram has said, “YHWH is an Elohim of mountains, and he is not an Elohim of valleys,” I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you will know that I am YHWH.’”
29 · This verse (above)
30Those who were left fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty and seven thousand men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city, into a room within a room.