2 Samuel 22:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*ותגעש **וַיִּתְגָּעַ֤שׁ וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ מוֹסְד֥וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם יִרְגָּ֑זוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ כִּֽי־חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyitgāʿaš and wattirʿaš hāʾāreṣ; môsedôt haššāmayim yirgāzû and wayyitgāʿăšû because-ḥārâ to him.

Grammar Details

• *wayyitgāʿaš*: Hithpael imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - it swayed
• *wattirʿaš*: Qal imperfect 3fs with waw-consecutive - it quaked
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine noun - the earth
• *môsedôt*: masculine plural construct - foundations of
• *haššāmayim*: definite article + masculine dual/plural noun - the heavens
• *yirgāzû*: Qal imperfect 3mp - they trembled
• *wayyitgāʿăšû*: Hithpael imperfect 3mp with waw-consecutive - they swayed
• *ḥārâ*: Qal perfect 3ms - he was angry

Word Meanings

• *wayyitgāʿaš*: quaked, reeled, shook
• *wattirʿaš*: trembled, quaked, shook
• *môsedôt*: foundations, bases, supports
• *yirgāzû*: trembled, quaked, were agitated
• *wayyitgāʿăšû*: swayed, shook, were in commotion
• *ḥārâ*: burned with anger, was enraged, was furious

Referenced Verses

• Ps 97:4 : 4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
• Judg 5:4 : 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
• Job 26:11 : 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
• Ps 77:18 : 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened{H8689)} the world: the earth trembled{H8804)} and shook{H8799)}.
• Ps 18:7 : 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
• Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
• Hab 3:6-9 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
• Matt 27:51 : 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
• Matt 28:2 : 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
• Acts 4:31 : 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.