2 Samuel

2 Samuel 8:13

¹³And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites^h in the Valley of Salt.

Footnotes

h 8:13 A few Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Syriac (see also verse 14 and 1 Chronicles 18:12|1CH 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Arameans

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And David	דָּוִד֙	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
made	וַיַּ֤עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
a name for himself	שֵׁ֔ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular	H8034 name
when he returned	בְּשֻׁב֕וֹ	bə·šu·ḇōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
from striking down	מֵהַכּוֹת֥וֹ	mê·hak·kō·w·ṯōw	Preposition-m; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
eighteen	שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה	šə·mō·w·nāh	Number - masculine singular	H8083 eight
thousand	אָֽלֶף׃	’ā·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
Edomites	אֲרָ֖ם	’ă·rām	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H758 Aram
in the Valley of Salt	בְּגֵיא־	bə·ḡê-	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1516 valley

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.