Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIn those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory Young's Literal Translation In those days hath Jehovah begun to cut off [some] in Israel, and Hazael smiteth them in all the border of Israel, King James Bible In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; Hebrew In thoseהָהֵ֔ם (hā·hêm) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They days בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel began הֵחֵ֣ל (hê·ḥêl) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play to reduce the size לְקַצּ֖וֹת (lə·qaṣ·ṣō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 7096: To cut off, to destroy, to scrape off of Israel. בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Hazael חֲזָאֵ֖ל (ḥă·zā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2371: Hazael -- 'God sees', a king of Aram (Syria) defeated וַיַּכֵּ֥ם (way·yak·kêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 5221: To strike the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc throughout בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every their territory גְּב֥וּל (gə·ḇūl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed |