2 Samuel 22:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָלָ֤ה עָשָׁן֙ בְּאַפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥שׁ מִפִּ֖יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּחָלִ֖ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

ʿālâ ʿāšān in ʾappô, and ʾēš from pîw tōʾkēl; geḥālîm bāʿărû from him.

Grammar Details

• *ʿālâ*: Qal perfect 3ms - went up
• *ʿāšān*: masculine noun - smoke
• *ʾappô*: masculine noun with 3ms suffix - his nostril/nose
• *ʾēš*: feminine noun - fire
• *pîw*: masculine noun with 3ms suffix - his mouth
• *tōʾkēl*: Qal imperfect 3fs - it devours
• *geḥālîm*: masculine plural noun - coals
• *bāʿărû*: Qal perfect 3cp - they burned

Word Meanings

• *ʿālâ*: went up, ascended, rose
• *ʿāšān*: smoke, vapor
• *ʾappô*: his nostril, his nose, his anger
• *tōʾkēl*: devours, consumes, eats
• *geḥālîm*: coals, burning coals, embers
• *bāʿărû*: burned, were kindled, blazed

Referenced Verses

• Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
• Exod 15:7-8 : 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
• Exod 19:18 : 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
• Exod 24:17 : 17 And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
• Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• 2 Sam 22:13 : 13 At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
• 2 Sam 22:16 : 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
• Job 4:9 : 9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
• Job 41:20-21 : 20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and [burning] rushes. 21 His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
• Ps 18:8 : 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
• Ps 18:15 : 15 Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
• Ps 97:3-5 : 3 A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about. 4 His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled. 5 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
• Isa 30:27 : 27 Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;
• Isa 30:33 : 33 For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
• Jer 5:14 : 14 Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
• Jer 15:14 : 14 [And I will make them] to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
• Hab 3:5 : 5 Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.