2 Samuel 18:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֧ם הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה נָפֹ֖צֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיֶּ֤רֶב הַיַּ֙עַר֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל בָּעָ֔ם מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָכְלָ֛ה הַחֶ֖רֶב בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

Transliteration

wa-təhî-there ha-milḥāmāh nāp̄ōṣet over-face-of all-ha-ʾāreṣ wa-yereḇ ha-yaʿar to-consume in-ha-ʿām from-that consumed ha-ḥereḇ in-ha-yôm ha-hûʾ.

Grammar Details

*wa-təhî*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and was
*ha-milḥāmāh*: definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the battle
*nāp̄ōṣet*: niphal participle, feminine singular - scattered/spread
*pənê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - face of
*kol-ha-ʾāreṣ*: construct + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - all the land
*wa-yereḇ*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and multiplied/increased
*ha-yaʿar*: definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the forest
*leʾĕḵōl*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to devour/consume
*ba-ʿām*: preposition + definite article + common noun - in the people
*mēʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - from what/more than
*ʾāḵəlāh*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - consumed/devoured
*ha-ḥereḇ*: definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the sword
*ba-yôm ha-hûʾ*: preposition + definite article + common noun + definite article + demonstrative pronoun - in that day

Word Meanings

*pûṣ*: to scatter/disperse/spread
*pānîm*: face/surface/front
*rāḇāh*: to multiply/increase/be many
*ʾāḵal*: to eat/consume/devour
*ḥereḇ*: sword/warfare

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:10 : 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Josh 10:11 : 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Judg 5:20-21 : 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. 21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge{H8798)} me, O God, and plead{H8798)} my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver{H8762)} me from the deceitful and unjust man.

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