1 Chronicles 12:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיוֹעֵאלָ֧ה וּזְבַדְיָ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י יְרֹחָ֖ם מִן־הַגְּדֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

And Yôʿēʾlâ and Zəḇadyâ bənê Yərōḥām from ha-Gədôr.

Grammar Details

• *wə-Yôʿēʾlâ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Joelah
• *u-Zəḇadyâ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Zebadiah
• *bənê*: construct noun, masculine plural - sons of
• *Yərōḥām*: proper noun - Jeroham
• *min-ha-Gədôr*: preposition + definite article + proper noun - from the Gedor

Word Meanings

• *bənê*: sons/descendants

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 2:18 : 18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
• 2 Sam 17:10 : 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
• 2 Sam 23:20 : 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
• 1 Chr 11:16 : 16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
• 1 Chr 11:22 : 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
• 1 Chr 12:16 : 16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
• 2 Chr 25:5 : 5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
• Prov 6:5 : 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
• Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Song 8:14 : 14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
• Jer 46:9 : 9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
• 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
• 1 Sam 23:29 : 29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
• 1 Sam 24:22 : 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
• 2 Sam 1:23 : 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.