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2 Chronicles 13:17

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

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וַיַּכּ֥וּvayakvand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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.בָהֶ֛םvaheminבָהֶ֛םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inאֲבִיָּ֥הaviyahAbijahאֲבִיָּהnoun, proper name — “Abijah”H29Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two IsraelitessesAbiah, Abijah.וְעַמּ֖וֹveamvoand peopleעַםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.מַכָּ֣הmakahwoundמַכָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “wound”, the ordinary formH4347a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilencebeaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).רַבָּ֑הrabahaboundרַבadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…וַיִּפְּל֤וּvayiplvand fallנָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and fall”, the next action in the storyH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…חֲלָלִים֙chalalimkillחָלָלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “kill”, the ordinary formH2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, pollutedkill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmiyisraelfrom Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.חֲמֵשׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).מֵא֥וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.אֶ֖לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.אִ֥ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…בָּחֽוּרbachuracceptableבָּחַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “acceptable”, a verb used as a describing wordH977properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) selectacceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting, and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

World English Bible

Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.

Darby Translation

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

Douay-Rheims

And Abia and his people slew them with a great slaughter, and there fell wounded of Israel five hundred thousand valiant men.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Abia and his people smote them with a great slaughter: and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς Ἀβιὰ καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ πληγὴν μεγάλην· καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ πεντακόσιαι χιλιάδες ἄνδρες δυνατοί.