1 Samuel 11:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖ם בְּבָ֑זֶק וַיִּהְי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֶ֔לֶף וְאִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָ֖ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אָֽלֶף

Transliteration

And wayyipqədēm in bəbāzeq and wayyihyû bənê-yiśrāʾēl šəlōš mēʾôt ʾelep and wəʾîš yəhûdâ šəlōšîm ʾālep

Grammar Details

*wayyipqədēm*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he mustered them
*bəbāzeq*: preposition + proper noun - in Bezek
*wayyihyû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they were
*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*: construct plural of *bēn* + proper noun - sons of Israel
*šəlōš*: cardinal number, feminine - three
*mēʾôt*: plural of *mēʾâ* - hundreds
*ʾelep*: noun, masculine singular - thousand
*wəʾîš*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and men of
*yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*šəlōšîm*: cardinal number, masculine - thirty
*ʾālep*: noun, masculine singular - thousand

Word Meanings

*pāqad*: mustered/numbered/counted
*bāzeq*: Bezek (place name)
*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*: sons of Israel/Israelites

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Referenced Verses

Judg 1:4-5 : 4 And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
2 Sam 24:9 : 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
2 Chr 17:12-19 : 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. 13 And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. 14 And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand; 15 and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand; 16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. 17 And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; 18 and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war. 19 These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Judg 20:2 : 2 And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
1 Sam 13:15 : 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
1 Sam 15:4 : 4 And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

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