2 Samuel 18:7
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
חָלָל
châlâl
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָכָה nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Study H5221 →אֶלֶף ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Study H505 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from foll...
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
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