Judges 8:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזֶ֨בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֜ע בַּקַּרְקֹ֗ר וּמַחֲנֵיהֶ֤ם עִמָּם֙ כַּחֲמֵ֤שֶׁת עָשָׂר֙ אֶ֔לֶף כֹּ֚ל הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל מַחֲנֵ֣ה בְנֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וְהַנֹּ֣פְלִ֔ים מֵאָ֨ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב׃

Transliteration

wə-zeḇaḥ wə-ṣalmunnāʿ ba-qarqōr û-maḥănêhem with-them about-fifteen thousand all the-nôṯārîm from-all maḥănê ḇənê-qeḏem wə-ha-nōp̄ləîm hundred and-twenty thousand ʾîš šōlēp̄ ḥāreḇ

Grammar Details

*wə-zeḇaḥ*: waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Zebah
*wə-ṣalmunnāʿ*: waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Zalmunna
*ba-qarqōr*: preposition + definite article + proper noun - in Karkor
*û-maḥănêhem*: waw conjunctive + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their camp
*nôṯārîm*: Niphal participle, masculine plural - those remaining/left over
*maḥănê*: masculine singular construct - camp of
*ḇənê-qeḏem*: masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of the east
*wə-ha-nōp̄ləîm*: waw conjunctive + definite article + Qal participle, masculine plural - and the fallen ones
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/men
*šōlēp̄*: Qal participle, masculine singular - drawing/pulling out
*ḥāreḇ*: feminine singular noun - sword

Word Meanings

*qarqōr*: Karkor (place name)
*nôṯārîm*: remaining/left/survivors
*ḇənê-qeḏem*: sons of the east/easterners
*nōp̄ləîm*: fallen/killed/those who had fallen
*šōlēp̄ ḥāreḇ*: drawing sword/armed men/warriors

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 7:12 : 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore {H3220} for multitude.
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.
Judg 20:15 : 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
Judg 20:17 : 17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
Judg 20:25 : 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
Judg 20:35 : 35 And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drew the sword.
Judg 20:46 : 46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these [were] men of valor.
2 Kgs 3:26 : 26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.
2 Chr 13:17 : 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
2 Chr 28:6 : 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
2 Chr 28:8 : 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
Isa 9:4 : 4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
Isa 37:36 : 36 And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Judg 7:22 : 22 And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
Judg 6:5 : 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

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15And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
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Judg 20:25
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