2 Samuel 5:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב דָּוִד֙ בַּמְּצֻדָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָא־לָ֖הּ עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּ֤בֶן דָּוִד֙ סָבִ֔יב מִן־הַמִּלּ֖וֹא וָבָֽיְתָה׃

Transliteration

wə-yēšeḇ dāwid in-the-məṣūdāh wə-yiqrāʾ-to-her ʿîr dāwid wə-yiḇen dāwid sāḇîḇ from-the-millôʾ and-bāyətāh

Grammar Details

*wə-yēšeḇ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he dwelt
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*məṣūdāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the stronghold
*wə-yiqrāʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*lāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - to it
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular construct - city of
*wə-yiḇen*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he built
*sāḇîḇ*: adverb - around
*millôʾ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the Millo/filling
*bāyətāh*: noun, masculine singular + directional he - toward the house

Word Meanings

*məṣūdāh*: stronghold/fortress/citadel
*millôʾ*: Millo/supporting terraces/earthwork/filling
*bāyətāh*: inward/toward the house/palace

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
2 Sam 5:7 : 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
2 Chr 32:5 : 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
Judg 9:6 : 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
1 Chr 11:8 : 8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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