1 Chronicles 20:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut [them] with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־הָעָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֜הּ הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֨שַׂר בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י הַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת וְכֵן֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָוִ֔יד לְכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֣י בְנֵי־עַמּ֑וֹן וַיָּ֧שָׁב דָּוִ֛יד וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ פ

Transliteration

And ʾet-the-ʿām ʾăšer-in-her hôṣîʾ and wayyāśar with-the-məgērâ and-with-ḥărîṣê the-barzel and-with-the-məgērôt, and-thus yaʿăśeh dāwîd to-all ʿārê bənê-ʿammôn. And wayyāšāḇ dāwîd and-all-the-ʿām yərûšālāim.

Grammar Details

• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which
• *hôṣîʾ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he brought out
• *wayyāśar*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he cut/sawed
• *məgērâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the saw
• *ḥărîṣê*: construct noun, masculine plural - implements/sharp tools of
• *barzel*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the iron
• *məgērôt*: noun, feminine plural with definite article - the saws
• *yaʿăśeh*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did/would do
• *dāwîd*: proper noun - David
• *ʿārê*: construct noun, feminine plural - cities of
• *bənê*: construct noun, masculine plural - sons of
• *ʿammôn*: proper noun - Ammon
• *wayyāšāḇ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he returned
• *yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *hôṣîʾ*: he brought out/removed/expelled
• *wayyāśar*: and he cut/put to work with/made labor with/sawed
• *məgērâ*: saw/cutting implement
• *ḥărîṣê*: sharp instruments/harrows/threshing implements of
• *məgērôt*: saws/cutting implements
• *yaʿăśeh*: he did/would do/made
• *wayyāšāḇ*: and he returned/came back/restored

Referenced Verses

• Exod 1:14 : 14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.
• Josh 9:23 : 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
• Judg 8:6-7 : 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
• Judg 8:16-17 : 16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. 17 And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
• 2 Sam 12:31 : 31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
• 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.
• 1 Chr 19:2-5 : 2 And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? 4 So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.