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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד | H3920 | took | to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere |
| 2 | דָּוִד֙ | H1732 | and David | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 3 | מִמֶּ֗נּוּ | H4480 | properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | |
| 4 | אֶ֖לֶף | H505 | from him a thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 5 | וּשְׁבַע | H7651 | chariots and seven | seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number |
| 6 | מֵ֥אָה | H3967 | hundred | a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction |
| 7 | פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים | H6571 | horsemen | a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e., (collectively) cavalry |
| 8 | וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים | H6242 | and twenty | twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth |
| 9 | אֶ֖לֶף | H505 | from him a thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 10 | אִ֣ישׁ | H376 | footmen | 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 | רַגְלִ֑י | H7273 | a footman (soldier) | |
| 12 | וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר | H6131 | houghed | to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate |
| 13 | דָּוִד֙ | H1732 | and David | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 14 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 15 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 16 | רָֽכֶב׃ | H7393 | all the chariot | a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone |
| 17 | וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר | H3498 | horses but reserved | to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve |
| 18 | מִמֶּ֖נּוּ | H4480 | properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | |
| 19 | מֵ֥אָה | H3967 | hundred | a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction |
| 20 | רָֽכֶב׃ | H7393 | all the chariot | a 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...