2 Samuel · שְׁמוּאֵל ב

2 Samuel 10:4

וַיִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת־עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד וַיְגַלַּח֙ אֶת־חֲצִ֣י זְקָנָ֔ם וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת אֶת־מַדְוֵיהֶ֛ם בַּחֵ֖צִי עַ֣ד שְׁתֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃
vayiqaḥ ḥanvn ʾet-ʿabdey david vaygalaḥ ʾet-ḥaṣiy zqanam vayikrot ʾet-madveyhem baḥeṣiy ʿad shtvoteyhem vayshalḥem
King James Version (KJV)

Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, {even} to their buttocks, and sent them away.

Modern English

So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

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