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2 Samuel 2:31 Interlinear

“But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin men and of Abner's so that three hundred and threescore men died”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְעַבְדֵ֣י	H5650	But the servants	a servant
2	דָוִ֗ד	H1732	of David	david, the youngest son of jesse
3	הִכּוּ֙	H5221	had smitten	to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
4	מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן	H1144	of Benjamin	binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
5	וּבְאַנְשֵׁ֖י	H582	men	properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
6	אַבְנֵ֑ר	H74	and of Abner's	abner, an israelite
7	שְׁלֹשׁ	H7969	so that three	three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
8	מֵא֧וֹת	H3967	hundred	a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
9	וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים	H8346	and threescore	sixty
10	אִ֖ישׁ	H376	men	a 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)
11	מֵֽתוּ׃	H4191	died	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

2 Samuel 2:31 (current)But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin men and of Abner's so that three hundred and threescore men died