Leviticus 26:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכָשְׁל֧וּ אִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֛יו כְּמִפְּנֵי־חֶ֖רֶב וְרֹדֵ֣ף אָ֑יִן וְלֹא־תִֽהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ תְּקוּמָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-kāšəlû ʾîš-bəʾāḥîw kəmippənê-ḥereb wə-rōdēp ʾāyin wə-lōʾ-tihyeh lākem təqûmāh lipnê ʾōyəbêkem

Grammar Details

*wə-kāšəlû*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd person plural - and they shall stumble/fall
*ʾîš*: masculine singular construct - each man/one
*bəʾāḥîw*: preposition + masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - against his brother
*kəmippənê*: preposition + preposition + construct form - as from before/as if fleeing from
*ḥereb*: feminine singular noun - sword
*wə-rōdēp*: conjunction + Qal participle masculine singular - and pursuer
*ʾāyin*: adverb of negation - there is none
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*tihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - will be
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to you
*təqûmāh*: feminine singular noun - standing/ability to stand/resistance
*lipnê*: preposition + construct form - before/in front of
*ʾōyəbêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your enemies

Word Meanings

*kāšəlû*: stumble/fall/stagger/fail
*ʾîš*: man/each one/one another
*kəmippənê*: as if before/as if fleeing from
*təqûmāh*: standing/ability to rise/resistance/recovery

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Referenced Verses

Josh 7:12-13 : 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
Judg 2:14 : 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Judg 7:22 : 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
1 Sam 14:15-16 : 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. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Num 14:42 : 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

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