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And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour. (KJV)
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וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it belonged
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 1
לְאָסָ֗אle.'a.Sa'to Asa
Lemma: אָסָא (a.sa) · Strong's: H0609G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Asa
Used 57 times. Also: 1 Kings 15:8, 1 Kings 15:9, 1 Kings 15:11, 1 Kings 15:13, 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 15:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0609G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 2
חַיִל֮cha.Yilan army
Lemma: חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) · Strong's: H2428A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: strength: soldiers
Used 109 times. Also: Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:28, Exodus 15:4, Numbers 31:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2428A; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 3
נֹשֵׂ֣אno.Se'bearing
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 4
צִנָּ֣הtzi.Nahbody shield[s]
Lemma: צִנָּה (tsin.nah) · Strong's: H6793C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: shield
Used 20 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:7, 1 Samuel 17:41, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Chronicles 12:8, 1 Chronicles 12:24, 1 Chronicles 12:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6793C; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 5
וָרֹמַח֒va.ro.Machand spear[s]
Lemma: רֹ֫מַח (ro.mach) · Strong's: H7420
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: spear
Used 15 times. Also: Numbers 25:7, Judges 5:8, 1 Kings 18:28, 1 Chronicles 12:8, 1 Chronicles 12:24, 2 Chronicles 11:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7420; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 6
מִֽיהוּדָה֙mi.hu.Dahfrom Judah
Lemma: יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) · Strong's: H3063G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Judah
Used 810 times. Also: Genesis 29:35, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 37:26, Genesis 38:1, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 7
שְׁלֹ֣שׁshe.Loshthree
Lemma: שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) · Strong's: H7969
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: three
Used 429 times. Also: Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7969; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 8
מֵא֣וֹתme.'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 14:8 word 9
אֶ֔לֶף\ \ס'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 14:8 word 10
וּמִבִּנְיָמִ֗ןu.mi.bin.ya.Minand of 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 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 11
נֹשְׂאֵ֤יno.se.'Ei[those who] carry
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 12
מָגֵן֙ma.Gen<of> a shield
Lemma: מָגֵן (ma.gen) · Strong's: H4043
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: shield
Used 63 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Deuteronomy 33:29, Judges 5:8, 2 Samuel 1:21, 2 Samuel 22:3, 2 Samuel 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4043; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 13
וְדֹ֣רְכֵיve.Do.re.kheiand [those who] bend
Lemma: דָּרַךְ (da.rakh) · Strong's: H1869
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to tread
Used 62 times. Also: Numbers 24:17, Deuteronomy 1:36, Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 33:29, Joshua 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1869; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 14
קֶ֔שֶׁתKe.shet<of> a 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 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 15
מָאתַ֥יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundred
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
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 14:8 word 16
וּשְׁמוֹנִ֖יםu.she.mo.Nimand eighty
Lemma: שְׁמֹנִים (she.mo.nim) · Strong's: H8084
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: eighty
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:28, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 35:28, Exodus 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8084; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 17
אָ֑לֶף'A.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 14:8 word 18
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 19
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehthese
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 20
גִּבּ֥וֹרֵיgi.Bo.rei[were] mighty [men] of
Lemma: גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) · Strong's: H1368
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: mighty man
Used 158 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 10:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1368; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 21
חָֽיִל\׃Cha.yilstrength
Lemma: חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) · Strong's: H2428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: strength
Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 47:6, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 24:18, Deuteronomy 3:18, Joshua 1:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2428G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 14:8 word 22
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Asa | → | אָסָא H0609G Asa |
| had | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| an army | → | חַ֫יִל H2428A strength: soldiers |
| of 300,000 men | → | שָׁלֹשׁ H7969 three |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| from Judah | → | יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah |
| bearing | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| large shields | → | צִנָּה H6793C shield |
| and spears | → | רֹ֫מַח H7420 spear |
| and 280,000 men | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | שְׁמֹנִים H8084 eighty |
| . . . | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| from Benjamin | → | בִּנְיָמִין H1144G Benjamin |
| bearing | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| small shields | → | מָגֵן H4043 shield |
| and drawing | → | דָּרַךְ H1869 to tread |
| the bow | → | קֶ֫שֶׁת H7198 bow |
| All | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| these [were] | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| mighty men | → | גִּבּוֹר H1368 mighty man |
| of valor | → | חַ֫יִל H2428A strength: soldiers |
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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