1 Samuel 11:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖ם בְּבָ֑זֶק וַיִּהְי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֶ֔לֶף וְאִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָ֖ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אָֽלֶף

Transliteration

And wayyipqədēm in bəbāzeq and wayyihyû bənê-yiśrāʾēl šəlōš mēʾôt ʾelep and wəʾîš yəhûdâ šəlōšîm ʾālep

Grammar Details

*wayyipqədēm*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he mustered them
*bəbāzeq*: preposition + proper noun - in Bezek
*wayyihyû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they were
*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*: construct plural of *bēn* + proper noun - sons of Israel
*šəlōš*: cardinal number, feminine - three
*mēʾôt*: plural of *mēʾâ* - hundreds
*ʾelep*: noun, masculine singular - thousand
*wəʾîš*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and men of
*yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*šəlōšîm*: cardinal number, masculine - thirty
*ʾālep*: noun, masculine singular - thousand

Word Meanings

*pāqad*: mustered/numbered/counted
*bāzeq*: Bezek (place name)
*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*: sons of Israel/Israelites

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Referenced Verses

Judg 1:4-5 : 4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
2 Sam 24:9 : 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
2 Chr 17:12-19 : 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. 13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. 14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. 16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. 17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. 18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. 19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
Judg 20:2 : 2 And the chief 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.
1 Sam 13:15 : 15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
1 Sam 15:4 : 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

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4And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
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