2 Samuel 2:31 Go deeper
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But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. (KJV)
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וְעַבְדֵ֣יve.'av.Deiand [the] servants of
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT 2 Samuel 2:31 word 1
דָוִ֗דda.VidDavid
Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: David
Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 2 Samuel 2:31 word 2
הִכּוּ֙hi.Kuthey had struck down
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
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 Samuel 2:31 word 3
מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ןmi.bin.ya.Minof 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 Samuel 2:31 word 4
וּבְאַנְשֵׁ֖יu.ve.'an.Sheiand among [the] men of
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: human
Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT 2 Samuel 2:31 word 5
אַבְנֵ֑ר'av.NerAbner
Lemma: אֲבִינֵר (av.ner) · Strong's: H0074
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abner
Used 63 times. Also: 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 14:51, 1 Samuel 17:55, 1 Samuel 17:57, 1 Samuel 20:25, 1 Samuel 26:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0074; TAHOT 2 Samuel 2:31 word 6
שְׁלֹשׁ\־she.losh-three
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 Samuel 2:31 word 7
מֵא֧וֹתme.'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 Samuel 2:31 word 8
וְשִׁשִּׁ֛יםve.shi.Shimand sixty
Lemma: שִׁשִּׁים (shish.shim) · Strong's: H8346
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: sixty
Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:18, Genesis 5:20, Genesis 5:21, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 5:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8346; TAHOT 2 Samuel 2:31 word 9
אִ֖ישׁ'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 Samuel 2:31 word 10
מֵֽתוּ\׃Me.tuthey had died
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT 2 Samuel 2:31 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| but they | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| . . . | → | דָּוִד H1732 David |
| had struck down | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| 360 | → | שָׁלֹשׁ H7969 three |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | שִׁשִּׁים H8346 sixty |
| . . . | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| . . . | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| Benjamites | → | בִּנְיָמִין H1144G Benjamin |
| [who were with] Abner | → | אֲבִינֵר H0074 Abner |
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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