2 Samuel

2 Samuel 12:31

³¹David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws,ⁱ iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns.^j He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

Footnotes

i 12:31 Literally put them under saws
j 12:31 Literally and he made them pass through the brick kilns.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
brought out	הוֹצִ֗יא	hō·w·ṣî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
the people	הָעָ֨ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
who	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
there	בָּ֜הּ	bāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
and put	וַיָּ֣שֶׂם	way·yā·śem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
with saws	בַּ֠מְּגֵרָה	bam·mə·ḡê·rāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4050 saw
iron	הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל	hab·bar·zel	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1270 iron
picks	וּבַחֲרִצֵ֨י	ū·ḇa·ḥă·ri·ṣê	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H2757 a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument
and axes	וּֽבְמַגְזְרֹ֣ת	ū·ḇə·maḡ·zə·rōṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H4037 cutting instrument, axe
and he made them work	וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר	wə·he·‘ĕ·ḇîr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
at the brick kilns	בַּמַּלְכֶּן	bam·mal·kɛn	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4404 brick-mould
He did	יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה	ya·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
the same	וְכֵ֣ן	wə·ḵên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
to all	לְכֹ֖ל	lə·ḵōl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the Ammonite	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
cities	עָרֵ֣י	‘ā·rê	Noun - feminine plural construct	H5892 excitement
Then	דָּוִ֛ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
his troops	הָעָ֖ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
returned	וַיָּ֧שָׁב	way·yā·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
to Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem

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