2 Samuel 22:43

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃

Transliteration

And ʾešḥāqēm like ʿăpar-ʾāreṣ; like ṭîṭ-ḥûṣôt ʾădīqqēm ʾerqāʿēm.

Grammar Details

*ʾešḥāqēm*: Qal imperfect 1cs with 3mp suffix - I pulverize them
*ʿăpar*: masculine noun construct - dust of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine noun - earth
*ṭîṭ*: masculine noun construct - mud of
*ḥûṣôt*: feminine plural noun - streets
*ʾădīqqēm*: Hiphil imperfect 1cs with 3mp suffix - I crush them
*ʾerqāʿēm*: Qal imperfect 1cs with 3mp suffix - I stamp them

Word Meanings

*ʾešḥāqēm*: pulverize them, crush them to powder, grind them
*ʿăpar*: dust, powder, earth
*ṭîṭ*: mud, clay, mire
*ḥûṣôt*: streets, outside places, open spaces
*ʾădīqqēm*: crush them, pulverize them, beat them fine
*ʾerqāʿēm*: stamp them, tread them, spread them out

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Referenced Verses

Mic 7:10 : 10 Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see [my desire] upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
2 Kgs 13:7 : 7 For he left not to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
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.
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.
Ps 18:42 : 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving [them] on.
Isa 26:15 : 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
Dan 2:35 : 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

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