6. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 10:6:1 ⧉וַיִּרְאוּ֙vayiruand they saw 2 Samuel 10:6:2 ⧉בְּנֵ֣יbenesons of 2 Samuel 10:6:3 ⧉עַמּ֔וֹןamonAmmon 2 Samuel 10:6:4 ⧉כִּ֥יkithat 2 Samuel 10:6:5 ⧉נִבְאֲשׁ֖וּniveashuthey had become foul 2 Samuel 10:6:6 ⧉בְּדָוִ֑דbedavidto David 2 Samuel 10:6:7 ⧉וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּvayishlekhuand they sent 2 Samuel 10:6:8 ⧉בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֡וֹןveneamonthe sons of Ammon 2 Samuel 10:6:9 ⧉וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ֩vayiskeruand they hired 2 Samuel 10:6:10 ⧉אֶת־אֲרַ֨םetaram{direct object} Aram 2 Samuel 10:6:11 ⧉בֵּית־רְח֜וֹבbetrekhovBeth-rehob 2 Samuel 10:6:12 ⧉וְאֶת־אֲרַ֣םveetaramand {direct object} Aram 2 Samuel 10:6:13 ⧉צוֹבָ֗אtsovaZobah 2 Samuel 10:6:14 ⧉עֶשְׂרִ֥יםeserimtwenty 2 Samuel 10:6:15 ⧉אֶ֙לֶף֙elefthousand 2 Samuel 10:6:16 ⧉רַגְלִ֔יraglifoot-soldiers or infantry 2 Samuel 10:6:17 ⧉וְאֶת־מֶ֤לֶךְveetmelekhand {direct object} king of 2 Samuel 10:6:18 ⧉מַֽעֲכָה֙maakhaMaacah 2 Samuel 10:6:19 ⧉אֶ֣לֶףelefthousand 2 Samuel 10:6:20 ⧉אִ֔ישׁishman or men 2 Samuel 10:6:21 ⧉וְאִ֣ישׁveishand man or men of 2 Samuel 10:6:22 ⧉ט֔וֹבtovTob 2 Samuel 10:6:23 ⧉שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥רshenemasartwelve 2 Samuel 10:6:24 ⧉אֶ֖לֶףelefthousand 2 Samuel 10:6:25 ⧉אִֽישׁ׃ishman or men |
6. Formal Translation When the sons of Ammon saw that they had become detestable to David, the sons of Ammon sent and hired Aram of Beth-Rehob and Aram of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob with twelve thousand men. |
6. Dynamic Translation When the Ammonites realized that David found them repulsive, they enlisted twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-Rehob and Zobah, secured a thousand men from the king of Maakah, and obtained twelve thousand troops from Tob. |