2 Samuel 5:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ דָּוִ֖ד הָל֣וֹךְ וְגָד֑וֹל וַיהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י צְבָא֖וֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-yēlek dāwid hālôḵ and-gādôl wə-YHWH ʾĕlōhê ṣəḇāʾôt with-him

Grammar Details

*wə-yēlek*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*hālôḵ wə-gādôl*: Qal infinitive absolute + conjunction + adjective masculine singular - going and becoming great (idiom for continuous growth)
*wə-YHWH*: conjunction + proper noun - and YHWH/the LORD
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*ṣəḇāʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies
*ʿimmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
*פ*: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

*hālôḵ wə-gādôl*: idiom: growing greater and greater/becoming increasingly powerful
*ʾĕlōhê ṣəḇāʾôt*: God of hosts/God of armies/LORD of hosts

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 3:1 : 1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Ps 46:7 : 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Ps 46:11 : 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Dan 2:44-45 : 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Rom 8:31 : 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Gen 21:22 : 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

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