2 Kings 19:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַ֚עַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ אֵלַ֔י וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ עָלָ֣ה בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתָ בָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Because hitragezkā to-me, and-ša'ănankā 'ālâ in-'oznāy, and-śamtî ḥaḥî in-'appekā, and-mitgî in-śᵊpātêkā, and-hăšîḇōtîkā in-the-derek which-bā'tā on-it.

Grammar Details

*hitragezkā*: Hitpael infinitive construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your raging
*ša'ănankā*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your arrogance
*'ālâ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it has come up
*'oznāy*: noun feminine dual construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my ears
*śamtî*: Qal perfect 1st person common singular - I will put
*ḥaḥî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my hook
*'appekā*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your nose
*mitgî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my bridle
*śᵊpātêkā*: noun feminine dual construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your lips
*hăšîḇōtîkā*: Hiphil perfect 1st person common singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix with waw consecutive - and I will turn you back
*derek*: noun masculine singular - way/road
*bā'tā*: Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you came

Word Meanings

*hitragezkā*: your raging/being agitated/being in turmoil
*ša'ănankā*: your arrogance/complacency/self-confidence
*'ālâ*: has come up/ascended/entered
*'oznāy*: my ears/hearing
*śamtî*: I will put/place/set
*ḥaḥî*: my hook/ring/nose-ring
*'appekā*: your nose/nostrils/face
*mitgî*: my bridle/bit/muzzle
*śᵊpātêkā*: your lips/speech/language
*hăšîḇōtîkā*: I will turn you back/return you/bring you back
*derek*: way/road/path/journey
*bā'tā*: you came/entered/arrived

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 29:4 : 4 And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.
2 Kgs 19:33 : 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.
Ezek 38:4 : 4 and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
Amos 4:2 : 2 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.
Job 41:2 : 2 Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
Ps 2:1-5 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying], 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision. 5 Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:
Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Ps 10:13-14 : 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]? 14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Ps 65:7 : 7 Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
Ps 74:4 : 4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
Ps 74:23 : 23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
Ps 83:2 : 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. 4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
Isa 30:28 : 28 and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.
Ezek 19:9 : 9 And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Luke 6:11 : 11 But they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
John 15:18 : 18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.
John 15:23-24 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Acts 7:51 : 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.
2 Kgs 19:36-37 : 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer {H1121} smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

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