Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 8:4 Interlinear

took and David from him a thousand chariots and seven hundred horsemen and twenty from him a thousand footmen houghed and David all the chariot horses but reserved hundred all the chariot

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּלְכֹּ֨דH3920tookto catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
2דָּוִד֙H1732and Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
3מִמֶּ֗נּוּH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
4אֶ֖לֶףH505from him a thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
5וּשְׁבַעH7651chariots and sevenseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
6מֵ֥אָהH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
7פָּֽרָשִׁ֔יםH6571horsemena steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e., (collectively) cavalry
8וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242and twentytwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
9אֶ֖לֶףH505from him a thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
10אִ֣ישׁH376footmena 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)
11רַגְלִ֑יH7273a footman (soldier)
12וַיְעַקֵּ֤רH6131houghedto pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
13דָּוִד֙H1732and Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
14אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16רָֽכֶב׃H7393all the chariota vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone
17וַיּוֹתֵ֥רH3498horses but reservedto jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
18מִמֶּ֖נּוּH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
19מֵ֥אָהH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
20רָֽכֶב׃H7393all the chariota vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone

Verse Context

2 Samuel 8:3smote David also Hadadezer the son of Rehob...
2 Samuel 8:4 (current)took and David from him a thousand chariots and seven hundred horsemen and twenty from him a thousand footmen houghed and David all the chariot horses but reserved hundred all the chariot
2 Samuel 8:5came And when the Syrians of Damascus to succour Hadadezer king...

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