Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 10:9 Interlinear

saw When Joab that the front of the battle that the front and behind he chose he chose men of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֣רְאH7200sawto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
2יוֹאָ֗בH3097When Joabjoab, the name of three israelites
3כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
4הָיְתָ֤הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5אֵלָיו֙H413near, with or among; often in general, to
6מִפָּנִ֖יםH6440that the frontthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
7הַמִּלְחָמָ֔הH4421of the battlea battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
8מִפָּנִ֖יםH6440that the frontthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
9וּמֵֽאָח֑וֹרH268and behindthe hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
10בְּחוּרֵ֣יH977he choseproperly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
11מִכֹּל֙H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
12בְּחוּרֵ֣יH977he choseproperly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
13בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478men of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
14וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְH6186and put them in arrayto set in a row, i.e., arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
15לִקְרַ֥אתH7125againstan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
16אֲרָֽם׃H758the Syriansaram or syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of shem, a grandson of nahor, and of an israelite

Verse Context

2 Samuel 10:8came out And the children of Ammon in array and put the battle at the entering in...
2 Samuel 10:9 (current)saw When Joab that the front of the battle that the front and behind he chose he chose men of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians
2 Samuel 10:10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai...

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