2 Samuel 23:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל כְּק֥וֹץ מֻנָ֖ד כֻּלָּ֑הַם כִּֽי־לֹ֥א בְיָ֖ד יִקָּֽחוּ

Transliteration

And bəliyaʿal kəqôṣ munāḏ all of them, for lōʾ bəyāḏ yiqqāḥû

Grammar Details

*û-*: conjunction - and
*bəliyaʿal*: noun, masculine singular - worthlessness/wickedness
*kə-*: preposition - like
*qôṣ*: noun, masculine singular - thorn
*munāḏ*: hophal participle, masculine singular - driven away/cast aside
*kullāhem*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*bə-*: preposition - with/by
*yāḏ*: noun, feminine singular - hand
*yiqqāḥû*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be taken

Word Meanings

*bəliyaʿal*: worthlessness/wickedness/evil
*qôṣ*: thorn/thornbush
*munāḏ*: driven away/thrust away/cast aside
*yiqqāḥû*: they will be taken/grasped/seized

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 3:18 : 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Deut 13:13 : 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Song 2:2 : 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Isa 33:12 : 12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

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