2 Samuel 5:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב דָּוִד֙ בַּמְּצֻדָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָא־לָ֖הּ עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּ֤בֶן דָּוִד֙ סָבִ֔יב מִן־הַמִּלּ֖וֹא וָבָֽיְתָה׃

Transliteration

wə-yēšeḇ dāwid in-the-məṣūdāh wə-yiqrāʾ-to-her ʿîr dāwid wə-yiḇen dāwid sāḇîḇ from-the-millôʾ and-bāyətāh

Grammar Details

*wə-yēšeḇ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he dwelt
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*məṣūdāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the stronghold
*wə-yiqrāʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*lāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - to it
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular construct - city of
*wə-yiḇen*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he built
*sāḇîḇ*: adverb - around
*millôʾ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the Millo/filling
*bāyətāh*: noun, masculine singular + directional he - toward the house

Word Meanings

*məṣūdāh*: stronghold/fortress/citadel
*millôʾ*: Millo/supporting terraces/earthwork/filling
*bāyətāh*: inward/toward the house/palace

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which [Solomon] had built for her: then did he build Millo.
1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
2 Sam 5:7 : 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
2 Chr 32:5 : 5 And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
Judg 9:6 : 6 And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Judg 9:20 : 20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
1 Chr 11:8 : 8 And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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1 Chr 11:7-9
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7And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
8And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
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4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
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10And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.
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