2 Samuel 22:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָלָ֤ה עָשָׁן֙ בְּאַפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥שׁ מִפִּ֖יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּחָלִ֖ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

ʿālâ ʿāšān in ʾappô, and ʾēš from pîw tōʾkēl; geḥālîm bāʿărû from him.

Grammar Details

*ʿālâ*: Qal perfect 3ms - went up
*ʿāšān*: masculine noun - smoke
*ʾappô*: masculine noun with 3ms suffix - his nostril/nose
*ʾēš*: feminine noun - fire
*pîw*: masculine noun with 3ms suffix - his mouth
*tōʾkēl*: Qal imperfect 3fs - it devours
*geḥālîm*: masculine plural noun - coals
*bāʿărû*: Qal perfect 3cp - they burned

Word Meanings

*ʿālâ*: went up, ascended, rose
*ʿāšān*: smoke, vapor
*ʾappô*: his nostril, his nose, his anger
*tōʾkēl*: devours, consumes, eats
*geḥālîm*: coals, burning coals, embers
*bāʿărû*: burned, were kindled, blazed

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Referenced Verses

Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Exod 15:7-8 : 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Exod 19:18 : 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Exod 24:17 : 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
2 Sam 22:13 : 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
2 Sam 22:16 : 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Job 4:9 : 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Job 41:20-21 : 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. 21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Ps 18:8 : 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Ps 18:15 : 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Ps 97:3-5 : 3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. 4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Isa 30:27 : 27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
Isa 30:33 : 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Jer 5:14 : 14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Jer 15:14 : 14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
Hab 3:5 : 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

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