Exodus 23:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־אֵֽימָתִי֙ אֲשַׁלַּ֣ח לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְהַמֹּתִי֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּבֹ֖א בָּהֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֧י אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶ֛יךָ אֵלֶ֖יךָ עֹֽרֶף׃

Transliteration

ʾEt-ʾêmātî ʾăšallaḥ before-you and-hammōtî ʾet-all-the-ʿām which tābōʾ in-them and-nātattî ʾet-all-ʾōyĕbekā to-you ʿōrep

Grammar Details

*ʾêmātî*: noun feminine singular with 1st person common singular suffix - my terror/dread
*ʾăšallaḥ*: piel imperfect 1st person common singular - I will send
*hammōtî*: qal perfect 1st person common singular with waw consecutive (functions as imperfect) - I will confuse/confound
*ʿām*: noun masculine singular - people/nation
*tābōʾ*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will come/enter
*nātattî*: qal perfect 1st person common singular with waw consecutive (functions as imperfect) - I will give
*ʾōyĕbekā*: qal participle masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your enemies
*ʿōrep*: noun masculine singular - neck/back of neck

Word Meanings

*ʾêmātî*: my terror/dread/fear
*ʾăšallaḥ*: I will send/dispatch/let loose
*hammōtî*: I will confuse/confound/throw into panic
*nātattî ʾet-kol-ʾōyĕbekā ʾēleykā ʿōrep*: I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you/I will cause your enemies to flee from you

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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.
Deut 7:23 : 23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
Gen 35:5 : 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
Ps 18:40 : 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Exod 15:14-16 : 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Deut 11:23 : 23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Deut 11:25 : 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
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. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
1 Sam 14:15 : 15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
2 Chr 14:14 : 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

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