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David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֣ךְvai.Yakhand he defeated
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
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 8:3 word 1
דָּוִ֔דda.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 8:3 word 2
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 3
הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶרha.dad.'E.zerHadadezer
Lemma: הֲדַדְעֶ֫זֶר (ha.dad.e.zer) · Strong's: H1909
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hadadezer
Used 9 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 8:7, 2 Samuel 8:8, 2 Samuel 8:9, 2 Samuel 8:10, 2 Samuel 8:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1909; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 4
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 5
רְחֹ֖בre.ChoRehob
Lemma: רְחוֹב (re.chov) · Strong's: H7340I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Rehob
Used 2 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7340I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 6
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 7
צוֹבָ֑הtzo.VahZobah
Lemma: צוֹבָא (tso.va) · Strong's: H6678G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zobah
Used 11 times. Also: 1 Samuel 14:47, 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 8:12, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:8, 2 Samuel 23:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6678G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 8
בְּלֶכְתּ֕וֹbe.lekh.Towhen went he
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 9
לְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.Shivto restore
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to return: rescue
Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 37:22, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:21, Genesis 41:13, Exodus 4:7, Exodus 23:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 10
יָד֖וֹya.Dohand his
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:3 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| David | → | דָּוִד H1732 David |
| also defeated | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| Hadadezer | → | הֲדַדְעֶ֫זֶר H1909 Hadadezer |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Rehob | → | רְחוֹב H7340I Rehob |
| king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Zobah | → | צוֹבָא H6678G Zobah |
| who had marched out | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| to restore | → | שׁוּב H7725H to return: rescue |
| his dominion | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
| along the [Euphrates] River | → | H5104 |
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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