| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Chronicles 19:16:1 ⧉וַיַּ֣רְאvayareand he saw 1 Chronicles 19:16:2 ⧉אֲרָ֗םaramAram or Syria 1 Chronicles 19:16:3 ⧉כִּ֣יkithat 1 Chronicles 19:16:4 ⧉נִגְּפוּ֮niggefuthey were struck down or defeated 1 Chronicles 19:16:5 ⧉לִפְנֵ֣יlifnebefore 1 Chronicles 19:16:6 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵל֒yisraelIsrael 1 Chronicles 19:16:7 ⧉וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙vayishlekhuand they sent 1 Chronicles 19:16:8 ⧉מַלְאָכִ֔יםmalakhimmessengers 1 Chronicles 19:16:9 ⧉וַיּוֹצִ֣יאוּvayotsiuand they brought out 1 Chronicles 19:16:10 ⧉אֶת־אֲרָ֔םetaram{direct object marker} Aram or Syria 1 Chronicles 19:16:11 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֖רasherwho or which 1 Chronicles 19:16:12 ⧉מֵעֵ֣בֶרmeeverfrom beyond 1 Chronicles 19:16:13 ⧉הַנָּהָ֑רhanaharthe river 1 Chronicles 19:16:14 ⧉וְשׁוֹפַ֛ךְveshofakhand Shophach 1 Chronicles 19:16:15 ⧉שַׂר־צְבָ֥אsartsevacommander of the army 1 Chronicles 19:16:16 ⧉הֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶרhadadezerHadadezer 1 Chronicles 19:16:17 ⧉לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃lifnehembefore them |
| 16. Formal Translation And the Arameans saw that they had been beaten before Israel, and they sent messengers and brought out the Arameans who were from beyond the river; and Shophakh, the commander of the army of Hadadezer's, went before them. |
| 16. Dynamic Translation When the Arameans saw that Israel had beaten them, they sent messengers and mustered the Arameans from across the river, with Shophakh, the commander of Hadadezer's army, at their head. |