Deuteronomy 32:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר׃

Transliteration

ḥămaṯ tannînîm yênām, and-rōʾš pəṯānîm ʾaḵzār.

Grammar Details

*ḥămaṯ*: noun, feminine, singular construct - venom of
*tannînîm*: noun, masculine, plural - serpents/dragons/sea monsters
*yênām*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their wine
*wə*: conjunction - and
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine, singular construct - venom of
*pəṯānîm*: noun, masculine, plural - cobras/asps/vipers
*ʾaḵzār*: adjective, masculine, singular - cruel/deadly

Word Meanings

*ḥămaṯ*: venom/poison/fury
*tannînîm*: serpents/dragons/sea monsters/jackals
*yênām*: their wine/their drink
*rōʾš*: venom/poison/gall/bitterness
*pəṯānîm*: cobras/asps/vipers
*ʾaḵzār*: cruel/deadly/merciless

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 58:4 : 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Jer 8:14 : 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Rom 3:13 : 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
Job 20:14-16 : 14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.

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