2 Samuel 8:5 Go deeper
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And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. (KJV)
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וַתָּבֹא֙va.ta.Vo'and it came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:5 word 1
אֲרַ֣ם'a.RamAram
Lemma: אֲרָם (a.ram) · Strong's: H0758I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Syria
Used 120 times. Also: Judges 10:6, 2 Samuel 8:6, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:8, 2 Samuel 10:9, 2 Samuel 10:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0758I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:5 word 2
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקda.Me.sekDamascus
Lemma: דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק (dam.me.seq) · Strong's: H1834
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Damascus
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 14:15, Genesis 15:2, 2 Samuel 8:6, 1 Kings 11:24, 1 Kings 15:18, 1 Kings 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1834; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:5 word 3
לַעְזֹ֕רla'.Zorto help
Lemma: עָזַר (a.zar) · Strong's: H5826
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to help
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 49:25, Deuteronomy 32:38, Joshua 1:14, Joshua 10:4, Joshua 10:6, Joshua 10:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5826; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:5 word 4
לַהֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶרla.ha.dad.'E.zer<to> Hadadezer
Lemma: הֲדַדְעֶ֫זֶר (ha.dad.e.zer) · Strong's: H1909
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hadadezer
Used 9 times. Also: 2 Samuel 8:3, 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 8:5 word 5
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 8:5 word 6
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 8:3, 2 Samuel 8:12, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:8, 2 Samuel 23:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6678G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:5 word 7
וַיַּ֤ךְvai.Yakhand he struck down
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 8:5 word 8
דָּוִד֙da.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 8:5 word 9
בַּֽאֲרָ֔םba.'a.Ramamong Aram
Lemma: אֲרָם (a.ram) · Strong's: H0758I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Syria
Used 120 times. Also: Judges 10:6, 2 Samuel 8:6, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:8, 2 Samuel 10:9, 2 Samuel 10:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0758I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:5 word 10
עֶשְׂרִֽים\־'es.rim-twenty
Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: twenty
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:5 word 11
וּשְׁנַ֥יִםu.she.Na.yimand two
Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Absolute (HNcbda)
Meaning: two
Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:5 word 12
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 Samuel 8:5 word 13
אִֽישׁ\׃'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 8:5 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When the Arameans | → | אֲרָם H0758I Syria |
| of Damascus | → | דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק H1834 Damascus |
| came | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| to help | → | עָזַר H5826 to help |
| King | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| Hadadezer | → | הֲדַדְעֶ֫זֶר H1909 Hadadezer |
| of Zobah | → | צוֹבָא H6678G Zobah |
| David | → | דָּוִד H1732 David |
| struck down | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| twenty-two | → | עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty |
| . . . | → | שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two |
| thousand | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| of [their] | → | אֲרָם H0758I Syria |
| men | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
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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