Deuteronomy 32:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָמַ֖רְתִּי אַפְאֵיהֶ֑ם אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה מֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁ זִכְרָֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾāmartî ʾap̄ʾêhem ʾašbîṯāh from-ʾĕnôš ziḵrām.

Grammar Details

*ʾāmartî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said
*ʾap̄ʾêhem*: verb, hifil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - I will scatter them
*ʾašbîṯāh*: verb, hifil imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - I will make cease
*mê*: preposition - from
*ʾĕnôš*: noun, masculine, singular - mankind/humanity
*ziḵrām*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their remembrance/memory

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartî*: I said/thought/declared
*ʾap̄ʾêhem*: I will scatter them/blow them away/make them cease to exist
*ʾašbîṯāh*: I will make cease/eliminate/cause to end
*ʾĕnôš*: mankind/humanity/mortals
*ziḵrām*: their remembrance/memory/mention

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:64 : 64 And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
Ps 34:16 : 16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Isa 63:16 : 16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
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.
Lev 26:33 : 33 And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Lev 26:38 : 38 And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Deut 4:27 : 27 And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.
Deut 28:25 : 25 Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deut 28:37 : 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

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