2 Samuel
2 Samuel 5:20
20So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.d
Footnotes
- d 5:20 Baal-perazim means The Lord Bursts Out.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So David | דָוִ֥ד | ḏā·wiḏ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1732 David |
| went | וַיָּבֹ֨א | way·yā·ḇō | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to Baal-perazim | פְּרָצִים֮ | pə·rā·ṣîm | Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1188 Baal-Peratsim |
| where he defeated | וַיַּכֵּ֣ם | way·yak·kêm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H5221 smite |
| and said | וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Like a bursting | כְּפֶ֣רֶץ | kə·p̄e·reṣ | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6556 bursting forth, breach |
| flood | מָ֑יִם | mā·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H4325 water, juice, urine |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֧ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has burst out | פָּרַ֨ץ | pā·raṣ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6555 break through |
| against my enemies | אֹיְבַ֛י | ’ō·yə·ḇay | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H341 be hostile to |
| before me | לְפָנַ֖י | lə·p̄ā·nay | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H6440 face, before |
| So | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| he called | קָרָ֛א | qā·rā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| that | הַה֖וּא | ha·hū | Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| place | הַמָּק֥וֹם | ham·mā·qō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4725 standing, spot, condition |
| Baal-perazim | פְּרָצִֽים׃ | pə·rā·ṣîm | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1188 Baal-Peratsim |
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