2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 20:24

²⁴When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the men of Judah	וִֽיהוּדָ֛ה	wî·hū·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
came	בָּ֥א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
a place overlooking	הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה	ham·miṣ·peh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4707 watch-tower
the wilderness	לַמִּדְבָּ֑ר	lam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
they looked	וַיִּפְנוּ֙	way·yip̄·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6437 turn
for	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the vast army	הֶ֣הָמ֔וֹן	he·hā·mō·wn	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1995 sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance
but there	וְהִנָּ֧ם	wə·hin·nām	Conjunctive waw; Interjection; third person masculine plural	H2005 lo! behold
were only corpses	פְּגָרִ֛ים	pə·ḡā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6297 corpse, carcass
lying	נֹפְלִ֥ים	nō·p̄ə·lîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5307 fall, lie
on the ground	אַ֖רְצָה	’ar·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
no one	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
had escaped	פְּלֵיטָֽה׃	pə·lê·ṭāh	Noun - feminine singular	H6413 escape

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