1 Chronicles 5:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־חֲלָלִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ נָפָ֔לוּ כִּ֥י מֵהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ם עַד־הַגֹּלָֽה׃

Transliteration

For ḥalalim rabbim napalu for from haʾElohim the milḥama and yešbu in place of them until the gola

Grammar Details

*ḥalalim*: noun plural - slain/wounded
*rabbim*: adjective masculine plural - many
*napalu*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they fell
*haʾElohim*: divine name with definite article - the God
*milḥama*: noun with definite article - the war/battle
*yešbu*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they dwelt
*gola*: noun with definite article - the exile

Word Meanings

*ḥalalim*: slain/wounded/fallen
*napalu*: fell/were killed
*milḥama*: war/battle/combat
*yešbu*: dwelt/settled/inhabited
*gola*: exile/captivity

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Chr 32:8 : 8 with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
Josh 23:10 : 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
1 Chr 4:41 : 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
1 Chr 6:26 : 26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

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