2 Samuel 18:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֧ם הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה נָפֹ֖צֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיֶּ֤רֶב הַיַּ֙עַר֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל בָּעָ֔ם מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָכְלָ֛ה הַחֶ֖רֶב בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

Transliteration

wa-təhî-there ha-milḥāmāh nāp̄ōṣet over-face-of all-ha-ʾāreṣ wa-yereḇ ha-yaʿar to-consume in-ha-ʿām from-that consumed ha-ḥereḇ in-ha-yôm ha-hûʾ.

Grammar Details

*wa-təhî*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and was
*ha-milḥāmāh*: definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the battle
*nāp̄ōṣet*: niphal participle, feminine singular - scattered/spread
*pənê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - face of
*kol-ha-ʾāreṣ*: construct + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - all the land
*wa-yereḇ*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and multiplied/increased
*ha-yaʿar*: definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the forest
*leʾĕḵōl*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to devour/consume
*ba-ʿām*: preposition + definite article + common noun - in the people
*mēʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - from what/more than
*ʾāḵəlāh*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - consumed/devoured
*ha-ḥereḇ*: definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the sword
*ba-yôm ha-hûʾ*: preposition + definite article + common noun + definite article + demonstrative pronoun - in that day

Word Meanings

*pûṣ*: to scatter/disperse/spread
*pānîm*: face/surface/front
*rāḇāh*: to multiply/increase/be many
*ʾāḵal*: to eat/consume/devour
*ḥereḇ*: sword/warfare

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:10 : 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Josh 10:11 : 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Judg 5:20-21 : 20 From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera. 21 The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

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