Exodus 15:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָֽׁמְע֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים יִרְגָּז֑וּן חִ֣יל אָחַ֔ז יֹשְׁבֵ֖י פְּלָֽשֶׁת׃

Transliteration

šāməʿū ʿammîm yirgāzūn ḥîl ʾāḥaz yōšəḇê pəlāšet

Grammar Details

• *šāməʿū*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they heard
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
• *yirgāzūn*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - they tremble
• *ḥîl*: noun, masculine singular - anguish
• *ʾāḥaz*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it seized
• *yōšəḇê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - inhabitants of
• *pəlāšet*: proper noun - Philistia

Word Meanings

• *yirgāzūn*: they tremble/they are agitated/they are in anguish
• *ḥîl*: anguish/pain/trembling
• *ʾāḥaz*: seized/gripped/took hold of

Referenced Verses

• Deut 2:25 : 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
• Josh 2:9-9 : 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
• Josh 9:24 : 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
• Num 14:14 : 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
• Num 22:5 : 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
• Deut 2:4-5 : 4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
• Ps 48:6 : 6 Fear took hold{H8804)} upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail{H8802)}.
• Isa 14:29 : 29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
• Isa 14:31 : 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.