2 Samuel 22:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יְקוּמ֑וּן וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽי׃

Transliteration

And wāʾăkallēm and wāʾemḥāṣēm and not yeqûmûn; and wayyippelû under raglāy.

Grammar Details

*wāʾăkallēm*: Piel imperfect 1cs with 3mp suffix with waw-consecutive - and I consumed them
*wāʾemḥāṣēm*: Qal imperfect 1cs with 3mp suffix with waw-consecutive - and I crushed them
*yeqûmûn*: Qal imperfect 3mp - they rise
*wayyippelû*: Qal imperfect 3mp with waw-consecutive - they fell
*raglāy*: feminine dual noun with 1cs suffix - my feet

Word Meanings

*wāʾăkallēm*: consumed them, finished them, ended them
*wāʾemḥāṣēm*: crushed them, smashed them, struck them
*yeqûmûn*: rise, stand up, get up

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Referenced Verses

Mal 4:3 : 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Ps 18:37 : 37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
Ps 110:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 12 They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Mal 4:1 : 1 For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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