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They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin. (KJV)

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נֹ֣שְׁקֵיNo.she.kei[they were] equipped of

Lemma: נָשַׁק (na.shaq) · Strong's: H5401B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to handle

Used 3 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 17:17, Psalms 78:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5401B; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 1

קֶ֗שֶׁתKe.shetbow

Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: bow

Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 2

מַיְמִינִ֤יםmay.mi.Nimusing right [hand]

Lemma: יָמַן (ya.man) · Strong's: H3231

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVhrmpa)

Meaning: to go right

Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 13:9, 2 Samuel 14:19, Ezekiel 21:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3231; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 3

וּמַשְׂמִאלִים֙u.mas.mi.Limand using left [hand]

Lemma: שִׂמְאֵל (sa.mal) · Strong's: H8041

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVhrmpa)

Meaning: to go left

Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 13:9, 2 Samuel 14:19, Isaiah 30:21, Ezekiel 21:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8041; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 4

בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔יםba.'a.va.Nimwith <the> stones

Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: stone

Used 259 times. Also: Genesis 2:12, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 29:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0068G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 5

וּבַחִצִּ֖יםu.va.chi.Tzimand with <the> arrows

Lemma: חֵץ (chets) · Strong's: H2671

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: arrow

Used 51 times. Also: Genesis 49:23, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:42, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2671; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 6

בַּקָּ֑שֶׁתba.Ka.shetwith the bow

Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁת (qe.shet) · Strong's: H7198

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: bow

Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7198; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 7

מֵאֲחֵ֥יme.'a.Cheisome of [the] relatives of

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: brother: male-relative

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 8

שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaul

Lemma: שָׁאוּל (sha.ul) · Strong's: H7586G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Saul

Used 397 times. Also: 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 9:3, 1 Samuel 9:5, 1 Samuel 9:7, 1 Samuel 9:8, 1 Samuel 9:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7586G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 9

מִבִּנְיָמִֽן\׃mi.bin.ya.Minfrom Benjamin

Lemma: בִּנְיָמִין (bin.ya.min) · Strong's: H1144G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Benjamin

Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 35:18, Genesis 35:24, Genesis 42:4, Genesis 42:36, Genesis 43:14, Genesis 43:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1144G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 12:2 word 10

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

they were archers	→	נָשַׁק H5401B to handle
. . .	→	קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow
using both the right	→	יָמַן H3231 to go right
and left [hands]	→	שִׂמְאֵל H8041 to go left
[to sling] stones	→	אֶ֫בֶן H0068G stone
and [shoot] arrows	→	חֵץ H2671 arrow
. . .	→	קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow
[and they were] Saul’s	→	שָׁאוּל H7586G Saul
kinsmen	→	אָח H0251H brother: male-relative
from Benjamin	→	בִּנְיָמִין H1144G Benjamin

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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