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The battleהַמִּלְחָמָהthereשָׁםwasוַתְּהִיspreadנָפֹצֶתoverעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָלthe land,הָאָרֶץand the forestוַ הַיַּעַרdevouredלֶאֱכֹלmoreיֶּרֶבof the peopleבָּעָםthanמֵאֲשֶׁרthe swordהַחֶרֶבdevouredאָכְלָהon thatהַהוּאday.בַּיּוֹם
2 Samuel 18:8
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 18:8, word by word
- The battleמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- wasתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- spreadנָפֹצֶתnafotset
be scattered
To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
Where else “nafotset” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and the forestיַּעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- devouredאֱכֹלechol
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “echol” appears- moreיֶּרֶבyerev
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “yerev” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
7The people of Israel were struck down there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day: twenty thousand.
8 · This verse (above)
9Absalom happened to be before the servants of David. Absalom was riding on the mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of the great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth, while the mule that was under him went on.