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The peopleעַםof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwere struck downוַיִּנָּגְפוּthereשָׁםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe servantsעַבְדֵיof David,דָוִדand the slaughterוַ הַמַּגֵּפָהthereשָׁםwasתְּהִיgreatגְדוֹלָהon thatהַהוּאday:בַּיּוֹםtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםthousand.אָלֶף
2 Samuel 18:7
Study it in the app“The people of Israel were struck down there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day: twenty thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 18:7, word by word
- The peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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- were struck downיִּנָּגְפוּyinagfu
be defeated
To lose a battle and flee before the enemy.
Where else “yinagfu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the servantsעַבְדֵיavde
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appears- of Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and the slaughterמַּגֵּפָהmagefa
slaughter
A defeat in battle.
Where else “magefa” appears- wasתְּהִיtehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appears- greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears
The context
6The people went out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
7 · This verse (above)
8The battle there was spread over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured more of the people than the sword devoured on that day.