Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 5892 [e] עִ֣יר ‘îr [There was] a city N-fs 6996 [e] קְטַנָּ֔ה qə-ṭan-nāh, little Adj-fs 582 [e] וַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים wa-’ă-nā-šîm and with men Conj-w | N-mp   בָּ֖הּ bāh in it Prep | 3fs 4592 [e] מְעָ֑ט mə-‘āṭ; few Adj-ms 935 [e] וּבָֽא־ ū-ḇā- and came Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms 413 [e] אֵלֶ֜יהָ ’ê-le-hā against it Prep | 3fs 4428 [e] מֶ֤לֶךְ me-leḵ a king N-ms 1419 [e] גָּדוֹל֙ gā-ḏō-wl great Adj-ms 5437 [e] וְסָבַ֣ב wə-sā-ḇaḇ and besieged Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms 853 [e] אֹתָ֔הּ ’ō-ṯāh, it DirObjM | 3fs 1129 [e] וּבָנָ֥ה ū-ḇā-nāh and built Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms 5921 [e] עָלֶ֖יהָ ‘ā-le-hā around it Prep | 3fs 4685 [e] מְצוֹדִ֥ים mə-ṣō-w-ḏîm snares N-mp 1419 [e] גְּדֹלִֽים׃ gə-ḏō-lîm. great Adj-mp

New American Standard Bible
There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it.

King James Bible
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.

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