2 Chronicles 13:17 Go deeper
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And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. (KJV)
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וַיַּכּ֥וּvai.ya.Kuand they struck down
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 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 1
אֲבִיָּ֥ה'a.vi.YahAbijah
Lemma: אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה (a.viy.yah) · Strong's: H0029I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abijah
Used 15 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 3:10, 2 Chronicles 11:20, 2 Chronicles 11:22, 2 Chronicles 12:16, 2 Chronicles 13:1, 2 Chronicles 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0029I; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 2
וְעַמּ֖וֹve.'a.Moand people his
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 3
מַכָּ֣הma.Kaha striking
Lemma: מַכָּה (mak.kah) · Strong's: H4347
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wound
Used 48 times. Also: Leviticus 26:21, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 25:3, Deuteronomy 28:59, Deuteronomy 28:61, Deuteronomy 29:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4347; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 4
רַבָּ֑הra.Bahgreat
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 5
וַיִּפְּל֤וּvai.yi.pe.Luand they fell
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307J
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to fall: kill
Used 98 times. Also: Genesis 44:14, Exodus 19:21, Exodus 32:28, Leviticus 26:7, Leviticus 26:8, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307J; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 6
חֲלָלִים֙cha.la.Limslain
Lemma: חָלָל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2491A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: slain: killed
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 34:27, Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:18, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2491A; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 7
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmi.Yis.ra.'Elof Israel
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 8
חֲמֵשׁ\־cha.mesh-five
Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: five
Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 9
מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 10
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousand
Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: thousand
Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 11
אִ֥ישׁ'ishman
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 12
בָּחֽוּר\׃ba.Churchosen
Lemma: בָּחַר (ba.char) · Strong's: H0977
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)
Meaning: to choose
Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 13:11, Exodus 14:7, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 16:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0977; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:17 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Abijah | → | אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה H0029I Abijah |
| and his people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| struck | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| them | → | |
| with a mighty | → | רַב H7227A many |
| blow | → | מַכָּה H4347 wound |
| and 500,000 | → | חָמֵשׁ H2568 five |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| chosen | → | בָּחַר H0977 to choose |
| men | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| of Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| fell | → | נָפַל H5307J to fall: kill |
| slain | → | חָלָל H2491A slain: killed |
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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