2 Samuel 8:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד דָּוִ֜ד מִמֶּ֗נּוּ אֶ֤לֶף וּשְׁבַע־מֵאוֹת֙ פָּרָשִׁ֔ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִ֣ישׁ רַגְלִ֑י וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִד֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָרֶ֔כֶב וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מֵ֥אָה רָֽכֶב׃

Transliteration

And wayyilkōd Dāwid from him ʾelef and seven-hundred pārāšîm and twenty thousand ʾîš raglî and wayəʿaqqēr Dāwid ʾet-all-the rekeb and wayyôtēr from him hundred rākeb.

Grammar Details

*wayyilkōd*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *lākad* - and he captured
*Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*mimmennû*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from them
*ʾelef*: cardinal number, masculine singular - thousand
*ušəbaʿ*: conjunction + cardinal number, masculine singular construct - and seven
*mēʾôt*: cardinal number, feminine plural - hundreds
*pārāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - horsemen/cavalry
*wəʿeśrîm*: conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural - and twenty
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - men
*raglî*: adjective, masculine singular - foot (soldiers)
*wayəʿaqqēr*: waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he hamstrung
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all
*hārekeb*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the chariot(s)
*wayyôtēr*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *yātar* - and he left/reserved
*mēʾâ*: cardinal number, feminine singular - hundred
*rākeb*: noun, masculine singular - chariot

Word Meanings

*rekeb*: chariot(s)/chariotry/chariot corps
*raglî*: foot-soldier/infantry
*wayəʿaqqēr*: hamstrung/disabled/crippled/cut the hamstrings of
*wayyôtēr*: left over/spared/reserved

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 11:6 : 6 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
Josh 11:9 : 9 And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
1 Kgs 10:26 : 26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Chr 18:4 : 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
Ps 20:7 : 7 Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
Ps 33:16-17 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
Deut 17:16 : 16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

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3And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
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1 Chr 19:17-18
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2 Chr 9:25
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2 Chr 1:14
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1 Kgs 4:26
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