Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֛אמֶר way-yō-mer So he said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 518 [e] אִם־ ’im- if Conj 7965 [e] לְשָׁל֥וֹם lə-šā-lō-wm for peace Prep-l | N-ms 3318 [e] יָצָ֖אוּ yā-ṣā-’ū they have come out V-Qal-Perf-3cp 8610 [e] תִּפְשׂ֣וּם tip̄-śūm take them V-Qal-Imp-mp | 3mp 2416 [e] חַיִּ֑ים ḥay-yîm; alive Adj-mp 518 [e] וְאִ֧ם wə-’im and if Conj-w | Conj 4421 [e] לְמִלְחָמָ֛ה lə-mil-ḥā-māh for war Prep-l | N-fs 3318 [e] יָצָ֖אוּ yā-ṣā-’ū they have come out V-Qal-Perf-3cp 2416 [e] חַיִּ֥ים ḥay-yîm alive Adj-mp 8610 [e] תִּפְשֽׂוּם׃ tip̄-śūm. take them V-Qal-Imp-mp | 3mp

New American Standard Bible
Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."

King James Bible
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he said, "If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive."

they slew

2 Samuel 2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his …

Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, …

the Syrians

Leviticus 26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall …

Judges 7:20-22 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, …

1 Samuel 14:13-15 And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor …

2 Kings 7:6,7 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of …

Psalm 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man …

Psalm 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, …

escaped

1 Samuel 30:16,17 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad …

2 Kings 19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and …

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