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And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. (KJV)
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וַיַּכּ֞וּvai.ya.Kuand they defeated
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 1
בַּיּ֤וֹםbai.Yomon the day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 2
הַהוּא֙ha.Hu'<the> that
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 3
בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםba.pe.lish.Tim<in> the Philistines
Lemma: פְּלִשְׁתִּי (pe.lish.ti) · Strong's: H6430G
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Philistine
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 21:32, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6430G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 4
מִמִּכְמָ֖שׂmi.mikh.Masfrom Micmash
Lemma: מִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂ (mikh.mas) · Strong's: H4363
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Michmash
Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 13:11, 1 Samuel 13:16, 1 Samuel 13:23, 1 Samuel 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4363; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 5
אַיָּלֹ֑נָה'ai.ya.Lo.nahAijalon towards
Lemma: אַיָּלוֹן (ay.ya.lon) · Strong's: H0357
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Aijalon
Used 10 times. Also: Joshua 10:12, Joshua 19:42, Joshua 21:24, Judges 1:35, Judges 12:12, 1 Chronicles 6:69 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0357; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 6
וַיָּ֥עַףvai.Ya.'afand it was weary
Lemma: עִיף (a.yeph) · Strong's: H5888
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: be faint
Used 5 times. Also: Judges 4:21, 1 Samuel 14:28, 2 Samuel 21:15, Jeremiah 4:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5888; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 7
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 8
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'Odexceedingly
Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: much
Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT 1 Samuel 14:31 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| That | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| day | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| after the Israelites had struck down | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| the Philistines | → | פְּלִשְׁתִּי H6430G Philistine |
| from Michmash | → | מִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂ H4363 Michmash |
| to Aijalon | → | אַיָּלוֹן H0357 Aijalon |
| the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| were very | → | מְאֹד H3966 much |
| faint | → | עִיף H5888 be faint |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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