1 Samuel 14:30
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”

Young's Literal Translation
How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.’

King James Bible
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

Hebrew
How much better it would have been
אַ֗ף (’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

if
לוּא֩ (lū)
Preposition
Strong's 3863: If, would that!

the troops
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

had eaten
אָכֹ֨ל (’ā·ḵōl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 398: To eat

freely today
הַיּוֹם֙ (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

from the plunder
מִשְּׁלַ֥ל (miš·šə·lal)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7998: A prey, spoil, plunder, booty

they took
מָצָ֑א (mā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

from their enemies!
אֹיְבָ֖יו (’ō·yə·ḇāw)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

Would not
עַתָּ֛ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

the slaughter
מַכָּ֖ה (mak·kāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4347: A wound, carnage, pestilence

of the Philistines
בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ (bap·pə·liš·tîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

have been much greater?”
רָבְתָ֥ה (rā·ḇə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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