2 Kings 17:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֛י אִֽם־אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם תִּירָ֑אוּ וְהוּא֙ יַצִּ֣יל אֶתְכֶ֔ם מִיַּ֖ד כָּל־אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

kî ʾim-ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem tîrāʾû wə-hûʾ yaṣṣîl ʾetkem mi-yad kol-ʾōyəbêkem

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/but
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if/but
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: masculine plural noun + 2mp suffix - your God
*tîrāʾû*: Qal imperfect 2mp - you shall fear
*wə-hûʾ*: conjunction + 3ms pronoun - and he
*yaṣṣîl*: Hiphil imperfect 3ms - will deliver
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2mp suffix - you
*mi-yad*: preposition + feminine singular construct - from hand of
*kol*: masculine singular construct - all of
*ʾōyəbêkem*: masculine plural noun + 2mp suffix - your enemies

Word Meanings

*kî ʾim*: but rather/only/except
*tîrāʾû*: fear/revere/worship
*mi-yad*: from hand of/from power of/from (idiom for control)

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 17:36 : 36 but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:
Neh 9:27 : 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
Isa 8:12-14 : 12 Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread [thereof]. 13 Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Jer 10:7 : 7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
Matt 10:28 : 28 And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Luke 1:50 : 50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
Luke 1:71 : 71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
1 Sam 12:24 : 24 Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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35with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
36but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:
37and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods:
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