2 Samuel 23:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל כְּק֥וֹץ מֻנָ֖ד כֻּלָּ֑הַם כִּֽי־לֹ֥א בְיָ֖ד יִקָּֽחוּ

Transliteration

And bəliyaʿal kəqôṣ munāḏ all of them, for lōʾ bəyāḏ yiqqāḥû

Grammar Details

*û-*: conjunction - and
*bəliyaʿal*: noun, masculine singular - worthlessness/wickedness
*kə-*: preposition - like
*qôṣ*: noun, masculine singular - thorn
*munāḏ*: hophal participle, masculine singular - driven away/cast aside
*kullāhem*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*bə-*: preposition - with/by
*yāḏ*: noun, feminine singular - hand
*yiqqāḥû*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be taken

Word Meanings

*bəliyaʿal*: worthlessness/wickedness/evil
*qôṣ*: thorn/thornbush
*munāḏ*: driven away/thrust away/cast aside
*yiqqāḥû*: they will be taken/grasped/seized

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 3:18 : 18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Deut 13:13 : 13 Certain base fellows are gone out from the middle of you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;
1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.
2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Song 2:2 : 2 As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
Isa 33:12 : 12 And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,

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