Psalms 83:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲשֵֽׂה־לָהֶ֥ם כְּמִדְיָ֑ן כְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥א כְ֝יָבִ֗ין בְּנַ֣חַל קִישֽׁוֹן׃

Transliteration

ʿăśêh-lāhem kemidyān kesîserāʾ keyāḇîn benaḥal qîšôn

Grammar Details

*ʿăśêh-lāhem*: 2ms Qal imperative + preposition + 3mp suffix - do to them
*kemidyān*: preposition + proper noun - as to Midian
*kesîserāʾ*: preposition + proper noun - as to Sisera
*keyāḇîn*: preposition + proper noun - as to Jabin
*benaḥal*: preposition + masculine singular construct - in stream of
*qîšôn*: proper noun - Kishon

Word Meanings

*ʿāśâ*: do/make/act
*midyān*: Midian (defeated by Gideon, Judges 7)
*sîserāʾ*: Sisera (Canaanite commander defeated by Barak, Judges 4)
*yāḇîn*: Jabin (Canaanite king, Judges 4)
*naḥal*: stream/wadi/valley
*qîšôn*: Kishon (river where Sisera was defeated)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Zeph 1:17 : 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.
Josh 17:11 : 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
1 Sam 28:7 : 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.
2 Kgs 9:37 : 37 and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
Jer 8:2 : 2 and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Jer 16:4 : 4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

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