1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 19:6–7

⁶When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver^a to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim,^b Aram-maacah, and Zobah. ⁷So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.

Footnotes

a 19:6 1,000 talents is approximately 37.7 tons or 34.2 metric tons of silver.
b 19:6 That is, Mesopotamia; Aram-naharaim means Aram of the two rivers, likely the region between the Euphrates and Balih Rivers in northwestern Mesopotamia.

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1 Chronicles 19:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the Ammonites	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
realized that	וַיִּרְאוּ֙	way·yir·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7200 see
they had become a stench	הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּ	hiṯ·bā·’ă·šū	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural	H887 be evil, bad
to	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
David	דָּוִ֑יד	dā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
Hanun	חָ֠נוּן	ḥā·nūn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2586 Chanun
and the Ammonites	וּבְנֵ֨י	ū·ḇə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
a thousand	אֶ֣לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
talents	כִּכַּר־	kik·kar-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3603 a round
of silver	כֶּ֗סֶף	ke·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
to hire	לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר	liś·kōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7936 hire
for themselves	לָ֠הֶם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
chariots	רֶ֖כֶב	re·ḵeḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H7393 chariotry, chariot, mill-stone
and horsemen	וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃	ū·p̄ā·rā·šîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H6571 horse, steed
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Aram-naharaim	נַהֲרַ֜יִם	na·hă·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H763 Aram
Aram-maacah	מַעֲכָה֙	ma·‘ă·ḵāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4601 Maakah
and Zobah	וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה	ū·miṣ·ṣō·w·ḇāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6678 Zoba, Zobah

1 Chronicles 19:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So they hired	וַיִּשְׂכְּר֣וּ	way·yiś·kə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7936 hire
for themselves	לָהֶ֡ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
thirty-two	שְׁנַיִם֩	šə·na·yim	Number - md	H8147 two
thousand	אֶ֜לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
chariots	רֶ֗כֶב	re·ḵeḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H7393 chariotry, chariot, mill-stone
as well as	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
the king	מֶ֤לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Maacah	מַעֲכָה֙	ma·‘ă·ḵāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4601 Maakah
with his troops	עַמּ֔וֹ	‘am·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
who came	וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and camped	וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ	way·ya·ḥă·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2583 decline, bend down, encamp
near	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
Medeba	מֵידְבָ֑א	mê·ḏə·ḇā	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4311 Medeba
while the Ammonites	וּבְנֵ֣י	ū·ḇə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
were mustered from their cities	מֵעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם	mê·‘ā·rê·hem	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H5892 excitement
and marched out	נֶאֶסְפוּ֙	ne·’es·p̄ū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H622 gather, remove
for battle	לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃פ	lam·mil·ḥå̄·må̄h	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war

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1 Chronicles 19:6 Genesis 34:30 · 1 Chronicles 18:9 · 2 Samuel 10:6 · 1 Chronicles 18:5

1 Chronicles 19:7 Joshua 13:9 · Numbers 21:30 · Joshua 13:16

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