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2 Samuel 11:20

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 so be והיה

H518 And if אם

H5927 arise תעלה

H2534 the king's wrath חמת

H4428 המלך

H559 and he say ואמר

H4069 thee Wherefore לך מדוע

H5066 approached נגשׁתם

H413 unto אל

H5892 the city העיר

H3898 when ye did fight להלחם

H3808 ye not הלוא

H3045 knew ידעתם

H853 את

H834 that אשׁר

H3384 they would shoot ירו

H5921 מעל

H2346 the wall החומה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H518 if

H1961 be

H834 that

the

king's

H2534 wrath

H5927 arise

and

H559 say

H413 unto

thee

H4069 Wherefore

H5066 approached

nigh

H413 unto

the

H5892 city

when

did

H3898 fight

H3045 knew

H3808 not

H834 that

they

would

H3384 shoot

H4480 from

the

H2346 wall

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3898

Hebrew: לָחַם

Transliteration: lâcham

Pronunciation: law-kham'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {devour} {eat} X-(idiom) {ever} fight ({-ing}) {overcome} {prevail} (make) war (-ring).

Definition:

to feed on; figuratively to consume; by implication to battle (as destruction)

1. to fight, do battle, make war

a. (Qal) to fight, do battle

b. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

2. (Qal) to eat, use as food

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906