2 Samuel 18:8
The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
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ASV
For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
KJV
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.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתְּהִי־ | va.te.hi- | and it was | H1961 → |
| שָׁ֧ם | sham | there | H8033 → |
| הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה | ha.mil.cha.Mah | the battle | H4421 → |
| נָפֹ֖צֶת | na.fo.tzeit | scattered | H6327 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | over | H5921 → |
| פְּנֵ֣י | pe.Nei | [the] face of | H6440 → |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| וַיֶּ֤רֶב | vai.Ye.rev | and it increased | H7235 → |
| הַיַּ֙עַר֙ | hai.Ya.'ar | the forest | H3293 → |
| לֶאֱכֹ֣ל | le.'e.Khol | to consume | H398 → |
| בָּעָ֔ם | ba.'Am | among the people | H5971 → |
| מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר | me.'a.Sher | more than [those] whom | H834 → |
| אָכְלָ֛ה | 'a.khe.Lah | it consumed | H398 → |
| הַחֶ֖רֶב | ha.Che.rev | the sword | H2719 → |
| בַּיּ֥וֹם | bai.Yom | on the day | H3117 → |
| הַהֽוּא׃ | ha.Hu' | <the> that | H1931 → |
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