| 7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 18:7:1 ⧉וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּvayinnagfuand were struck down or defeated 2 Samuel 18:7:2 ⧉שָׁם֙shamthere 2 Samuel 18:7:3 ⧉עַ֣םampeople of 2 Samuel 18:7:4 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsrael 2 Samuel 18:7:5 ⧉לִפְנֵ֖יlifnebefore 2 Samuel 18:7:6 ⧉עַבְדֵ֣יavdeservants of 2 Samuel 18:7:7 ⧉דָוִ֑דdavidDavid 2 Samuel 18:7:8 ⧉וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֣םvattehishamand there was there 2 Samuel 18:7:9 ⧉הַמַּגֵּפָ֛הhammaggefathe slaughter or the blow 2 Samuel 18:7:10 ⧉גְּדוֹלָ֥הgedolagreat 2 Samuel 18:7:11 ⧉בַּיּ֖וֹםbayyomon the day 2 Samuel 18:7:12 ⧉הַה֑וּאhahuthat 2 Samuel 18:7:13 ⧉עֶשְׂרִ֥יםesrimtwenty 2 Samuel 18:7:14 ⧉אָ֖לֶף׃alefthousand |
| 7. Formal Translation And there the people of Israel were struck down before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter on that day—twenty thousand men. |
| 7. Dynamic Translation That day, Israel’s troops were defeated by David’s men, and a huge loss occurred there—twenty thousand were killed. |