2 Samuel 8:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד דָּוִ֜ד מִמֶּ֗נּוּ אֶ֤לֶף וּשְׁבַע־מֵאוֹת֙ פָּרָשִׁ֔ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִ֣ישׁ רַגְלִ֑י וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִד֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָרֶ֔כֶב וַיּוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מֵ֥אָה רָֽכֶב׃

Transliteration

And wayyilkōd Dāwid from him ʾelef and seven-hundred pārāšîm and twenty thousand ʾîš raglî and wayəʿaqqēr Dāwid ʾet-all-the rekeb and wayyôtēr from him hundred rākeb.

Grammar Details

*wayyilkōd*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *lākad* - and he captured
*Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*mimmennû*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from them
*ʾelef*: cardinal number, masculine singular - thousand
*ušəbaʿ*: conjunction + cardinal number, masculine singular construct - and seven
*mēʾôt*: cardinal number, feminine plural - hundreds
*pārāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - horsemen/cavalry
*wəʿeśrîm*: conjunction + cardinal number, masculine plural - and twenty
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - men
*raglî*: adjective, masculine singular - foot (soldiers)
*wayəʿaqqēr*: waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he hamstrung
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all
*hārekeb*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the chariot(s)
*wayyôtēr*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *yātar* - and he left/reserved
*mēʾâ*: cardinal number, feminine singular - hundred
*rākeb*: noun, masculine singular - chariot

Word Meanings

*rekeb*: chariot(s)/chariotry/chariot corps
*raglî*: foot-soldier/infantry
*wayəʿaqqēr*: hamstrung/disabled/crippled/cut the hamstrings of
*wayyôtēr*: left over/spared/reserved

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Referenced Verses

Josh 11:6 : 6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
Josh 11:9 : 9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
1 Kgs 10:26 : 26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Chr 18:4 : 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
Ps 20:7 : 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Ps 33:16-17 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Deut 17:16 : 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

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