2 Samuel 23:39

אֽוּרִיָּה֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י כֹּ֖ל שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃ פ

Uriyya the Ḥitti, thirty-seven in all.

 

Morphology

  1. אוּרִיָּה (Uriyyah) – Root: אור + יה; Form: Proper noun, masculine; Translation: “Uriyyah”; Notes: Name means “YHWH is my light”; a well-known warrior of Dawid, husband of Bat-Sheva.
  2. הַחִתִּי (ha-Ḥitti) – Root: חת; Form: Definite gentilic adjective, masculine singular; Translation: “the Ḥitti” (Hittite); Notes: Indicates his ethnic origin from the Ḥittites, a group living in or near the land of Kenaʿan.
  3. כֹּל (kol) – Root: כל; Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “all of”; Notes: Introduces the total count of the group.
  4. שְׁלֹשִׁים (sheloshim) – Root: שלש; Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “thirty”; Notes: Cardinal number.
  5. וְשִׁבְעָה (ve-shivʿah) – Root: שבע; Form: Conjunction with cardinal number, masculine singular; Translation: “and seven”; Notes: Combined with “thirty” to total thirty-seven men.

 

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