1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 20:4

⁴Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai,^e a descendant of the Rephaim,^f and the Philistines were subdued.

Footnotes

e 20:4 Sippai is a variant of Saph; see 2 Samuel 21:18|2SA 21:18.
f 20:4 Or the giants; see also descendants of Rapha in verses 6 and 8.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Some time later	וַיְהִי֙	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
war	מִלְחָמָ֛ה	mil·ḥā·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war
broke out	וַתַּעֲמֹ֧ד	wat·ta·‘ă·mōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
the Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	pə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
at Gezer	בְּגֶ֖זֶר	bə·ḡe·zer	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1507 Gezer
At that time	אָ֣ז	’āz	Adverb	H227 at that time, then
Sibbecai	סִבְּכַ֣י	sib·bə·ḵay	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5444 Sibbecai
the Hushathite	הַחֻֽשָׁתִ֗י	ha·ḥu·šā·ṯî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2843 Chushathite
killed	הִכָּ֞ה	hik·kāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
Sippai	סִפַּ֛י	sip·pay	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5598 Sippai
a descendant	מִילִדֵ֥י	mî·li·ḏê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3211 born
of the Rephaim	הָרְפָאִ֖ים	hā·rə·p̄ā·’îm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H7497 giant
and the Philistines were subdued	וַיִּכָּנֵֽעוּ׃	way·yik·kā·nê·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3665 be humble

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2 Samuel 21:18–22

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