Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1961 [e] וַתְּהִי־ wat-tə-hî- For was Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs 8033 [e] שָׁ֧ם šām there Adv 4421 [e] הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה ham-mil-ḥā-māh the battle Art | N-fs   [נפצית] [nā-p̄ō-ṣêṯ - Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp   ḵ]   6327 [e] (נָפֹ֖צֶת‪‬) (nā-p̄ō-ṣeṯ scattered V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs   q)   5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- over Prep 6440 [e] פְּנֵ֣י pə-nê the face N-cpc 3605 [e] כָל־ ḵāl of whole N-msc 776 [e] הָאָ֑רֶץ hā-’ā-reṣ; the countryside Art | N-fs 7235 [e] וַיֶּ֤רֶב way-ye-reḇ and more Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 3293 [e] הַיַּ֙עַר֙ hay-ya-‘ar the woods Art | N-ms 398 [e] לֶאֱכֹ֣ל le-’ĕ-ḵōl devoured Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 5971 [e] בָּעָ֔ם bā-‘ām, people Prep-b, Art | N-ms 834 [e] מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר mê-’ă-šer than Prep-m | Pro-r 398 [e] אָכְלָ֛ה ’ā-ḵə-lāh devoured V-Qal-Perf-3fs 2719 [e] הַחֶ֖רֶב ha-ḥe-reḇ The sword Art | N-fs 3117 [e] בַּיּ֥וֹם bay-yō-wm day Prep-b, Art | N-ms 1931 [e] הַהֽוּא׃ ha-hū. that Art | Pro-3ms

New American Standard Bible
For the battle there was spread over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

King James Bible
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The battle spread over the entire region, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.

in the wood That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the relation of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that they were {devoured by wild beasts} in the wood.

Exodus 15:10 You did blow with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead …

Joshua 10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in …

Judges 5:20,21 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera…

1 Kings 20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell …

Psalm 3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies …

Psalm 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O …

devoured more [heb] multiplied to devour

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