2 Chronicles 20:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ בְּנֵ֨י עַמּ֧וֹן וּמוֹאָ֛ב עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הַר־שֵׂעִ֖יר לְהַחֲרִ֣ים וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙ בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י שֵׂעִ֔יר עָזְר֥וּ אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃

Transliteration

And wayya'amdû bənê 'ammôn and môʾāb against yōšəbê har-śē'îr to haḥărîm and to hašmîd, and as kəkallôtām with yôšəbê śē'îr, 'āzərû ʾîš-against rē'ēhû to mašḥît.

Grammar Details

*wayya'amdû*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - they stood
*bənê*: construct masculine plural noun - sons of
*'ammôn*: proper noun - Ammon
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*yōšəbê*: qal participle construct, masculine plural - inhabitants of
*har*: construct masculine singular noun - mountain of
*śē'îr*: proper noun - Seir
*haḥărîm*: hiphil infinitive construct - to destroy utterly
*hašmîd*: hiphil infinitive construct - to destroy
*kəkallôtām*: piel infinitive construct with preposition kaf and 3rd person masculine plural suffix - as they finished
*yôšəbê*: qal participle construct, masculine plural - inhabitants of
*'āzərû*: qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they helped
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - each man
*rē'ēhû*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his fellow
*mašḥît*: hiphil infinitive construct - to destroy

Word Meanings

*wayya'amdû*: they stood, they rose against
*bənê*: sons of, descendants of
*yōšəbê*: inhabitants of, dwellers in, residents of
*har*: mountain of, hill country of
*haḥărîm*: to destroy utterly, to put under ban, to devote to destruction
*hašmîd*: to destroy, to exterminate
*kəkallôtām*: as they finished, when they had made an end of
*'āzərû*: they helped, they assisted
*ʾîš*: each man, each one
*rē'ēhû*: his fellow, his neighbor, his companion
*mašḥît*: to destroy, to ruin, to corrupt

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Referenced Verses

Judg 7:22 : 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
1 Sam 14:20 : 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
Ezek 35:2-3 : 2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
Gen 14:6 : 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
Gen 36:8-9 : 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
Deut 2:5 : 5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
Josh 24:4 : 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

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10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
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