2 Chronicles 32:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִמּוֹ֙ זְר֣וֹע בָּשָׂ֔ר וְעִמָּ֜נוּ יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ לְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ וּלְהִלָּחֵ֖ם מִלְחֲמֹתֵ֑נוּ וַיִּסָּמְכ֣וּ הָעָ֔ם עַל־דִּבְרֵ֖י יְחִזְקִיָּ֥הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה

Transliteration

With-him zərôaʿ bāśār and-with-us YHWH ʾĕlōhênû to-ʿāzərēnû and-to-hillāḥēm milḥămōṯēnû wa-yissāməḵû the-ʿām upon-diḇrê yəḥizqîyyāhû meleḵ-yəhûḏāh

Grammar Details

*zərôaʿ*: feminine singular noun construct - arm of
*bāśār*: masculine singular noun - flesh
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our God
*ʿāzərēnû*: qal infinitive construct with 1st person plural suffix - to help us
*hillāḥēm*: niphal infinitive construct - to fight
*milḥămōṯēnû*: feminine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our battles/wars
*wa-yissāməḵû*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they leaned/relied
*ʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
*diḇrê*: masculine plural construct - words of
*yəḥizqîyyāhû*: proper noun - Hezekiah
*meleḵ*: masculine singular construct - king of
*yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah

Word Meanings

*zərôaʿ bāśār*: arm of flesh/human strength/mortal power
*ʿāzar*: to help/assist/support
*hillāḥēm*: to fight/wage war/do battle
*sāmaḵ*: to lean on/support/rely on

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Referenced Verses

Jer 17:5 : 5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
2 Chr 20:17 : 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
2 Chr 13:12 : 12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Deut 20:1 : 1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 20:4 : 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Acts 18:10 : 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
2 Tim 4:17 : 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Ps 46:11 : 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Prov 12:25 : 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
2 Chr 20:15 : 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
1 John 4:4 : 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Isa 36:18 : 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Job 40:9 : 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Ps 46:7 : 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Josh 10:42 : 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
2 Chr 14:11 : 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
2 Tim 4:22 : 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.

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