2 Samuel 23:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*ואחרו **וְאַחֲרָ֛יו אֶלְעָזָ֥ר בֶּן־*דדי **דֹּד֖וֹ בֶּן־אֲחֹחִ֑י בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה *גברים **הַגִּבֹּרִ֜ים עִם־דָּוִ֗ד בְּחָֽרְפָ֤ם בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ נֶאֶסְפוּ־שָׁ֣ם לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Transliteration

And ʾaḥărāyw ʾElʿāzār ben-Dōḏô ben-ʾĂḥōḥî, with three haggibbōrîm ʿim-Dāwiḏ when bəḥārpām against the Pəlištîm; they neʾesfû-there lammilḥāmāh, and yaʿălû ʾîš Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾaḥărāyw*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - after him
*ʾElʿāzār*: proper noun - Eleazar
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*Dōḏô*: proper noun - Dodo
*ʾĂḥōḥî*: proper adjective - Ahohite
*bi-*: preposition - with/among
*šəlōšāh*: number - three
*ha-*: definite article - the
*gibbōrîm*: noun, masculine plural - mighty men
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*Dāwiḏ*: proper noun - David
*bə-*: preposition - in/when
*ḥārpām*: piel infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their taunting
*ba-*: preposition + definite article - against the
*Pəlištîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
*neʾesfû*: niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they gathered
*šām*: adverb - there
*la-*: preposition + definite article - for the
*milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - battle
*wa-*: conjunction - and
*yaʿălû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they went up/withdrew
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - men of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*ḥārpām*: their taunting/defying/reproaching
*neʾesfû*: gathered/assembled/mustered
*milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting
*yaʿălû*: went up/withdrew/retreated

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 27:4 : 4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Sam 17:26 : 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
1 Sam 17:36 : 36 Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
1 Sam 17:45-46 : 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
1 Chr 8:4 : 4 and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
1 Chr 11:12-14 : 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men. 13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 14 And they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah saved them by a great victory.
Isa 63:3 : 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
Isa 63:5 : 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
Mark 14:50 : 50 And they all left him, and fled.
Num 23:7-8 : 7 And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
1 Sam 17:10 : 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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