1 Chronicles 19:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So Hanunחָנ֜וּן
(cha·nun)
2586: "favored," two contemporaries of Nehemiah, also an Ammonite kingfrom chanan
tookוַיִּקַּ֨ח
(vai·yik·kach)
3947: to takea prim. root
David'sדָוִיד֙
(da·vid)
1732: perhaps "beloved one," a son of Jessefrom the same as dod
servantsעַבְדֵ֤י
(av·dei)
5650: slave, servantfrom abad
and shavedוַֽיְגַלְּחֵ֔ם
(vay·gal·le·chem,)
1548: to be bald, shave, shave offa prim. root
them and cut offוַיִּכְרֹ֧ת
(vai·yich·rot)
3772: to cut off, cut downa prim. root
their garmentsמַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם
(mad·vei·hem)
4063: a garmentof uncertain derivation
in the middleבַּחֵ֖צִי
(ba·che·tzi)
2677: halffrom chatsah
as farעַד־
(ad-)
5704: as far as, even to, up to, until, whilefrom adah
as their hips,הַמִּפְשָׂעָ֑ה
(ham·mif·sa·'ah;)
4667: hip or buttockfrom pasa
and sent them away.וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃
(vay·shal·le·chem.)
7971: to senda prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Wherefore Hanun
Chanuwn  (khaw-noon')
favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites -- Hanun.
took
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
David's
David  (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
servants
`ebed  (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
and shaved
galach  (gaw-lakh')
to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste -- poll, shave (off).
them and cut off
karath  (kaw-rath')
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant
their garments
medev  (meh'-dev)
extent, i.e. measure; by implication, a dress (as measured) -- garment.
in the midst
chetsiy  (khay-tsee')
the half or middle -- half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
hard by their buttocks
miphsa`ah  (mif-saw-aw')
a stride, i.e. (by euphemism) the crotch -- buttocks.
and sent them away
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So Hanun took David's servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.

King James Bible
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Hanun took David's emissaries, shaved them, cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.

International Standard Version
So Hanun arrested David's delegation, shaved off their beards, cut off their clothes at the waist line, and sent them away in disgrace.

NET Bible
So Hanun seized David's servants and shaved their beards off. He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed and then sent them away.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Hanun took David's men, shaved them, cut off their clothes from the waist down, and sent them away.

King James 2000 Bible
Therefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
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