KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “He shall slay” | יַהֲרֹ֑ג | To smite with deadly intent | slay |
| “with the sword” | בַּחֶ֣רֶב | Drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement | sword |
| “thy daughters” | בְּנוֹתַ֥יִךְ | A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) | daughters |
| “in the field:” | בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה | A field (as flat) | field |
| “and he shall make” | וְנָתַ֨ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | make |
| “a fort” | דָּיֵ֗ק | A battering-tower | fort |
| “against” | עָלַ֜יִךְ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
| “thee, and cast” | וְשָׁפַ֤ךְ | To spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out | cast |
| “a mount” | סֹֽלְלָ֔ה | A military mound, i.e., rampart of besiegers | mount |
| “against” | עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
| “thee, and lift up” | וְהֵקִ֥ים | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | lift up |
| “the buckler” | צִנָּֽה׃ | A hook (as pointed) | buckler |
| “against” | עָלַ֖יִךְ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
| “thee.” | עָלַ֖יִךְ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | thee |
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6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
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