1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.1 Chronicles 21:16 in the real world
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- שָׁלַףshâlaphto pull out, up or off
- שַׂקsaqproperly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking
- כָּסָהkâçâhproperly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrec
- זָקֵןzâqênold
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâka messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- נָטָהnâṭâhto stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Num 14:5, 1Ki 21:27, Jon 3:6–8, Psa 35:13–14, 2Ki 6:17, Jos 5:13–14, Exo 14:19–20, Num 16:22