Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThere was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it. Young's Literal Translation A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks; King James Bible [There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: Hebrew There was a smallקְטַנָּ֔ה (qə·ṭan·nāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant city עִ֣יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement with few men. מְעָ֑ט (mə·‘āṭ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few A mighty גָּדוֹל֙ (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent king מֶ֤לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king came וּבָֽא־ (ū·ḇā-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go against it, אֵלֶ֜יהָ (’ê·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to surrounded it, וְסָבַ֣ב (wə·sā·ḇaḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround and built וּבָנָ֥ה (ū·ḇā·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1129: To build large גְּדֹלִֽים׃ (gə·ḏō·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent siege ramps מְצוֹדִ֥ים (mə·ṣō·w·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4685: A net, a, fastness, tower against it. עָלֶ֖יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against |