Genesis 14:15

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Bible > Genesis > Chapter 14 > Verse 15

Genesis 14:15


← Genesis 14:14 Genesis 14:15 (KJV) Genesis 14:16 →
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he dividedH2505 himself against them, he and his servantsH5650, by nightH3915, and smoteH5221 them, and pursuedH7291 them unto HobahH2327, which is on the left handH8040 of DamascusH1834.


Original Hebrew

וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם ׀ לַיְלָה הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו וַיַּכֵּם וַיִּרְדְּפֵם עַד־חֹובָה אֲשֶׁר מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּשֶׂק׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יֵּחָלֵ֨ק
va/i.ye.cha.Lek H2505 HC/VNw3ms and/ divided himself
עֲלֵי/הֶ֧ם
'a.lei./Hem H5921 HR/Sp3mp on/ them
לַ֛יְלָה
Lay.lah H3915 HNcmsa night
ה֥וּא
hu' H1931 HPp3ms he
וַ/עֲבָדָ֖י/ו
va./'a.va.Da/v H5650 HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms and/ servants/ his
וַ/יַּכֵּ֑/ם
va/i.ya.Ke/m H5221 HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp and/ he attacked/ them
וַֽ/יִּרְדְּפֵ/ם֙
va/i.yir.de.Fe/m H7291 HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp and/ he pursued/ them
עַד
'ad- H5704 HR to
חוֹבָ֔ה
cho.Vah H2327 HNp Hobah
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
'a.Sher H834 HTr which
מִ/שְּׂמֹ֖אל
mi./se.Mol H8040 HR/Ncmsa (is) from/ (the) north
לְ/דַמָּֽשֶׂק
le./da.Ma.sek H1834 HR/Np of/ Damascus
Strong's References
  • H1834 — דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq, dam-meh'-sek): or דּוּמֶשֶׂק (Dûwmeseq); or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק (Darmeseq); of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria; Damascus.
  • H2327 — חוֹבָה (chôwbâh, kho-baw'): feminine active participle of חָבָה (châbâh) H2247; hiding place; Chobah, a place in Syria; Hobah.
  • H2505 — חָלַק (châlaq, khaw-lak'): a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate; deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
  • H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל (lêyl); also לַיְלָה (laylâh); from the same as לוּל (lûwl) H3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
  • H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
  • H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד (ʻâbad) H5647; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
  • H7291 — רָדַף (râdaph, raw-daf'): a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by); chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
  • H8040 — שְׂמֹאול (sᵉmôʼwl, sem-ole'): or שְׂמֹאל (sᵉmôʼl); a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as שִׂמְלָה (simlâh) H8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand; left (hand, side).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
  • H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
  • H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (ʻad) H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
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