2 Samuel 12:31
He brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them go to the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.This verse in the real world
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- מַגְזֵרָהmagzêrâha cutting implement, i.e. a blade
- מַלְבֵּןmalbêna brickkiln
- חָרִיץchârîytsproperly, incisure or (passively) incised; hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth); a
- מְגֵרָהmᵉgêrâha saw
- בַּרְזֶלbarzeliron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
- עַמּוֹןʻAmmôwnAmmon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country
- עָבַרʻâbarto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intr
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.

