2 Samuel 6 — Rabbi

2 Samuel 6:1

וַיֹּ֨סֶף

ʼâçaph

and — to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.) ע֥וֹד

ʻôwd

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more דָּוִ֛ד

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) כָּל

kôl

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) בָּח֥וּר

bâchar

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל

Yisrâʼêl

in/with/by — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים

shᵉlôwshîym

thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth אָֽלֶף

ʼeleph

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

2 Samuel 6:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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Again David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

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“Again David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.”

2 Samuel 6:1

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