Deuteronomy 32:42

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַשְׁכִּ֤יר חִצַּי֙ מִדָּ֔ם וְחַרְבִּ֖י תֹּאכַ֣ל בָּשָׂ֑ר מִדַּ֤ם חָלָל֙ וְשִׁבְיָ֔ה מֵרֹ֖אשׁ פַּרְע֥וֹת אוֹיֵֽב׃

Transliteration

ʾaškîr ḥiṣṣay from-dām, and-ḥarbî tōʾḵal bāśār; from-dam ḥālāl and-šiḇyāh, from-rōʾš parʿôṯ ʾôyêḇ.

Grammar Details

*ʾaškîr*: verb, hifil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will make drunk
*ḥiṣṣay*: noun, masculine, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my arrows
*mi*: preposition - from
*dām*: noun, masculine, singular - blood
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ḥarbî*: noun, feminine, singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my sword
*tōʾḵal*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will devour
*bāśār*: noun, masculine, singular - flesh
*dam*: noun, masculine, singular construct - blood of
*ḥālāl*: noun, masculine, singular - slain/pierced
*šiḇyāh*: noun, feminine, singular - captivity/captives
*mê*: preposition - from
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine, singular construct - head of
*parʿôṯ*: noun, feminine, plural construct - leaders of
*ʾôyêḇ*: noun, masculine, singular - enemy

Word Meanings

*ʾaškîr*: I will make drunk/saturate/drench
*ḥiṣṣay*: my arrows/my shafts
*dām*: blood/lifeblood
*ḥarbî*: my sword/my weapon
*tōʾḵal*: will devour/consume/eat
*bāśār*: flesh/meat/body
*ḥālāl*: slain/pierced/wounded
*šiḇyāh*: captivity/captives/prisoners
*rōʾš*: head/top/chief
*parʿôṯ*: leaders/long-haired ones/princes
*ʾôyêḇ*: enemy/foe

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:23 : 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jer 46:14 : 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Lam 2:5 : 5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Ezek 35:6-8 : 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. 8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
Ezek 38:21-22 : 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Job 13:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Ps 45:5 : 5 Thine arrows are sharp{H8802)} in the heart of the king's enemies{H8802)}; whereby the people fall{H8799)} under thee.
Ps 68:23 : 23 That thy foot may be dipped{H8799)} in the blood of thine enemies{H8802)}, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Isa 34:6-8 : 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. 7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. 8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
Jer 16:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
Jer 30:14 : 14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

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