2 Samuel
2 Samuel 8:4
4David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers,c and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
Footnotes
- c 8:4 LXX (see also DSS and 1 Chronicles 18:4|1CH 18:4); MT captured from him seventeen hundred charioteers
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | דָּוִ֜ד | dā·wiḏ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1732 David |
| captured | וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד | way·yil·kōḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot) |
| from him | מִמֶּ֗נּוּ | mim·men·nū | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| a thousand | אֶ֤לֶף | ’e·lep̄ | Number - masculine singular | H505 thousand |
| seven | וּשְׁבַע־ | ū·šə·ḇa‘- | Conjunctive waw; Number - feminine singular construct | H7651 seven |
| thousand | מֵאוֹת֙ | mê·’ō·wṯ | Number - feminine plural | H3967 hundred |
| charioteers | פָּרָשִׁ֔ים | pā·rā·šîm | Noun - masculine plural | H6571 horse, steed |
| and twenty | וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים | wə·‘eś·rîm | Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural | H6242 (a) twenty |
| thousand | אֶ֖לֶף | ’e·lep̄ | Number - masculine singular | H505 thousand |
| foot soldiers | אִ֣ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| and he | דָּוִד֙ | dā·wiḏ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1732 David |
| hamstrung | וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר | way·‘aq·qêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6131 pluck or root up |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the horses | הָרֶ֔כֶב | hā·re·ḵeḇ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7393 chariotry, chariot, mill-stone |
| except a hundred | מֵ֥אָה | mê·’āh | Number - feminine singular | H3967 hundred |
| he kept | וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר | way·yō·w·ṯêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3498 remain over |
| for the chariots | רָֽכֶב׃ | rā·ḵeḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H7393 chariotry, chariot, mill-stone |
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