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1 Samuel 8:20

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 may be והיינו

H1571 also גם

H587 That we אנחנו

H3605 like all ככל

H1471 the nations הגוים

H8199 may judge ושׁפטנו

H4428 and that our king מלכנו

H3318 us and go out ויצא

H6440 before לפנינו

H3898 us and fight ונלחם

H853 את

H4421 our battles מלחמתנו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

That

H587 we

H1571 also

may

H1961 be

H3605 all

the

H1471 nations

and

that

our

H4428 king

may

H8199 judge

and

H3318 out

H6440 before

and

H3898 fight

our

H4421 battles

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