2 Kings 19:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֣י קַ֔רְתִּי וְשָׁתִ֖יתִי מַ֣יִם זָרִ֑ים וְאַחְרִב֙ בְּכַף־פְּעָמַ֔י כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י מָצֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

I qartî and-šātîtî mayim zārîm, and-'aḥriḇ with-kap-pᵊ'āmay all yᵊ'ōrê māṣôr.

Grammar Details

*qartî*: Qal perfect 1st person common singular - I dug
*šātîtî*: Qal perfect 1st person common singular - I drank
*mayim*: noun masculine plural - water
*zārîm*: adjective masculine plural - foreign/strange
*'aḥriḇ*: Hiphil imperfect 1st person common singular - I will dry up
*kap*: noun feminine singular construct - palm/sole of
*pᵊ'āmay*: noun feminine dual construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my feet/steps
*yᵊ'ōrê*: noun masculine plural construct - streams/canals of
*māṣôr*: proper noun - Egypt/besieged places

Word Meanings

*qartî*: I dug/excavated/hollowed out
*šātîtî*: I drank/consumed
*mayim*: water/waters
*zārîm*: foreign/strange/alien
*'aḥriḇ*: I will dry up/make desolate
*kap*: palm/sole/hollow
*pᵊ'āmay*: my feet/steps/treads
*yᵊ'ōrê*: streams/canals/channels/Nile
*māṣôr*: Egypt/besieged places/fortress

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
2 Sam 17:13 : 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Isa 19:6 : 6 And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.
Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

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