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1 Chronicles 12:8

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

BSB

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ASV

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains:

KJV

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּמִן־u.min-and some ofH4480
הַגָּדִ֡יha.ga.Dithe Gadite[s]H1425
נִבְדְּל֣וּniv.de.Luthey separated themselvesH914
אֶל־'el-toH413
דָּוִיד֩da.VidDavidH1732
לַמְצַ֨דlam.Tzadto the fortressH4679
מִדְבָּ֜רָהmid.Ba.rah[the] wilderness towardsH4057
גִּבֹּרֵ֣יgi.bo.Rei[the] mighty [men] ofH1368
הַחַ֗יִלha.Cha.yil<the> strengthH2428
אַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.Sheimen ofH582
צָבָא֙tza.Va'warH6635
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421
עֹרְכֵ֥י'o.re.Kheipreparing ofH6186
צִנָּ֖הtzi.NahshieldH6793
וָרֹ֑מַחva.Ro.machand spearH7420
וּפְנֵ֤יu.fe.Neiand [were] faces ofH6440
אַרְיֵה֙'ar.Yeha lionH738
פְּנֵיהֶ֔םpe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440
וְכִצְבָאיִ֥םve.khitz.va.Yimand like gazellesH6643
עַל־'al-onH5921
הֶהָרִ֖יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022
לְמַהֵֽר׃ סle.ma.Herto hasteningH4116

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Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain