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2 Samuel

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So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
So Hanun "favored," two contemporaries of Nehemiah, also an Ammonite king Noun H2586 חָנ֜וּן cha·nun
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took to take Verb H3947 וַיִּקַּ֨ח vai·yik·kach
David's perhaps "beloved one," a son of Jesse Noun H1732 דָוִ֗ד da·vid
servants slave, servant Noun H5650 עַבְדֵ֣י av·dei
and shaved off to be bald, shave, shave off Verb H1548 וַיְגַלַּח֙ vay·gal·lach
half half Noun H2677 חֲצִ֣י cha·tzi
of their beards, beard, chin Noun H2206 זְקָנָ֔ם ze·ka·nam,
and cut off to cut off, cut down Verb H3772 וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת vai·yich·rot
their garments a garment Noun H4063 מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם mad·vei·hem
in the middle half Noun H2677 בַּחֵ֖צִי ba·che·tzi
as far as far as, even to, up to, until, while Prepostion H5704 עַ֣ד ad
as their hips, seat (of the body), buttocks H8351    
and sent them away. to send Verb H7971 וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ vay·shal·le·chem.

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David

David [N] [B] [H] [S] beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother's name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of  2 Samuel 17:25 . As to his personal appearance, we only know that he was red-haired, with beautiful eyes and a fair face ( 1 Samuel 16:12 ;  17:42 ).  His early... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.
King James Bible So Wherefore Hanun took David's servants servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as middle, even to their hips, buttocks, and sent them away.
Hebrew Greek English So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.