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1 Samuel 19:8

And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

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וַתּ֥וֹסֶףvatosefand addיָסַףconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and add”, the next action in the storyH3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idi…הַמִּלְחָמָ֖הhamilchamahthe battleמִלְחָמָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the battle”, the ordinary formH4421a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).לִֽהְי֑וֹתlihyotto beהָיָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to be”, the to-form of the verbH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.וַיֵּצֵ֨אvayetseand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…דָוִ֜דdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.וַיִּלָּ֣חֶםvayilachemand devourלָחַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and devour”, the next action in the storyH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗יםbaplishtimin Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיpreposition, with the article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Philistine”, the ordinary formH6430a Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethPhilistine.וַיַּ֤ךְvayakhand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and strike”, the next action in the storyH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.בָּהֶם֙baheminבָּהֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inמַכָּ֣הmakahwoundמַכָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “wound”, the ordinary formH4347a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilencebeaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).גְדוֹלָ֔הgedolahgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.וַיָּנֻ֖סוּvayanusvand awayנוּסconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and away”, the next action in the storyH5127to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)[idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.מִפָּנָֽיוmipanayvfrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there addeth to be war, and David goeth out and fighteth against the Philistines, and smiteth among them — a great smiting, and they flee from his face.

World English Bible

There was war again. David went out and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

Darby Translation

And there was war again; and David went forth and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

Douay-Rheims

And the war began again, and David went out and fought against the Philistines, and defeated them with a great slaughter, and they fled from his face.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the Philistines, and smote them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ προσέθετο ὁ πόλεμος γενέσθαι πρὸς Σαοὺλ, καὶ κατίσχυσε Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐπολέμησε τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς πληγὴν μεγάλην σφόδρα, καὶ ἔφυγον ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ.