1st Chronicles 18:12
And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, smote Edom in the valley of salt pits, eighteen thousand.This verse in the real world
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- מֶלַחmelachproperly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
- אֲבִישַׁיʼĂbîyshayAbishai, an Israelite
- צְרוּיָהTsᵉrûwyâhTserujah, an Israelitess
- גַּיְאgayʼa gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
- אֱדֹםʼĔdômEdom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
- שְׁמֹנֶהshᵉmôneha cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) ei
- עָשָׂרʻâsârten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
- אֶלֶףʼelephhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.