Judges 7:6
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִסְפָּר
miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יֶתֶר
yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
שָׁחָה
shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Key Terms in This Verse
שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →שָׁחָה shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Study H7812 →מִסְפָּר miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
Study H4557 →יֶתֶר yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Study H3499 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Study H7969 →Cross References
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