Psalms 144:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃

Transliteration

Bĕrôq bārāq and ûtĕpîṣēm, šĕlaḥ your ḥiṣṣeykā and ûtĕhummēm.

Grammar Details

*bĕrôq*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - flash forth/send out
*bārāq*: noun masculine singular - lightning
*ûtĕpîṣēm*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and scatter them
*šĕlaḥ*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - send
*ḥiṣṣeykā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your arrows
*ûtĕhummēm*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and confuse them/throw them into confusion

Word Meanings

*bĕrôq*: flash forth/send out/cast forth
*bārāq*: lightning/lightning flash
*ûtĕpîṣēm*: and scatter them/disperse them
*šĕlaḥ*: send/send out/shoot
*ûtĕhummēm*: and confuse them/throw them into panic/discomfit them

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:23 : 23 I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
2 Sam 22:12-15 : 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 13 At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled. 14 Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.
Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].
Ps 18:13-14 : 13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. 14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
Ps 21:12 : 12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
Ps 45:5 : 5 Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
Ps 77:17-18 : 17 The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

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