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2 Samuel 8:1

וַֽיְהִי֙
hâyâh
and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
אַֽחֲרֵי
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
כֵ֔ן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
וַיַּ֥ךְ
nâkâh
and — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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)
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים
Pᵉlishtîy
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
וַיַּכְנִיעֵ֑ם
kânaʻ
and — properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
וַיִּקַּ֥ח
lâqach
and — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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)
הָאַמָּ֖ה
Metheg hâ-ʼAmmâh
the — Metheg-ha-Ammah, an epithet of Gath
מִיַּ֥ד
yâd
from — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
Pᵉlishtîy
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
2 Samuel 8:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now it came about after this that David defeated the Philistines and subdued (humbled) them, and he took control of Metheg-ammah [the main city] from the hand of the Philistines.
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Now it came about after this that David defeated the Philistines and subdued (humbled) them, and he took control of Metheg-ammah [the main city] from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 8:1
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