Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 11:8 Interlinear

And when he numbered them in Bezek the children of Israel were three hundred thousand and the men of Judah thirty thousand

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖םH6485And when he numberedto visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
2בְּבָ֑זֶקH966them in Bezekbezek, a place in palestine
3וַיִּֽהְי֤וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4בְנֵֽיH1121the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
5יִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
6שְׁלֹ֣שׁH7969were threethree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
7מֵא֣וֹתH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
8אָֽלֶף׃H505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
9וְאִ֥ישׁH376and the mena man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
10יְהוּדָ֖הH3063of Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
11שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםH7970thirtythirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
12אָֽלֶף׃H505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

Verse Context

1 Samuel 11:7And he took a yoke of oxen and hewed them in pieces and sent ...
1 Samuel 11:8 (current)And when he numbered them in Bezek the children of Israel were three hundred thousand and the men of Judah thirty thousand
1 Samuel 11:9And they said And the messengers came And they said unto the men...

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