2 Samuel 22:43

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃

Transliteration

And ʾešḥāqēm like ʿăpar-ʾāreṣ; like ṭîṭ-ḥûṣôt ʾădīqqēm ʾerqāʿēm.

Grammar Details

*ʾešḥāqēm*: Qal imperfect 1cs with 3mp suffix - I pulverize them
*ʿăpar*: masculine noun construct - dust of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine noun - earth
*ṭîṭ*: masculine noun construct - mud of
*ḥûṣôt*: feminine plural noun - streets
*ʾădīqqēm*: Hiphil imperfect 1cs with 3mp suffix - I crush them
*ʾerqāʿēm*: Qal imperfect 1cs with 3mp suffix - I stamp them

Word Meanings

*ʾešḥāqēm*: pulverize them, crush them to powder, grind them
*ʿăpar*: dust, powder, earth
*ṭîṭ*: mud, clay, mire
*ḥûṣôt*: streets, outside places, open spaces
*ʾădīqqēm*: crush them, pulverize them, beat them fine
*ʾerqāʿēm*: stamp them, tread them, spread them out

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Referenced Verses

Mic 7:10 : 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
2 Kgs 13:7 : 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Mal 4:1 : 1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
Ps 18:42 : 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Isa 26:15 : 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Dan 2:35 : 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

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