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2 Samuel 18:1

וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד
pâqad
and — to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
דָּוִ֔ד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הָעָ֖ם
ʻam
the — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
אִתּ֑וֹ
ʼêth
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
וַיָּ֣שֶׂם
sûwm
and — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
שָׂרֵ֥י
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
אֲלָפִ֖ים
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
וְשָׂרֵ֥י
sar
and — a head person (of any rank or class)
מֵאֽוֹת
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
2 Samuel 18:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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David numbered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
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David numbered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
2 Samuel 18:1
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