Psalms 18:40

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּאַזְּרֵ֣נִי חַ֭יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֖יעַ קָמַ֣י תַּחְתָּֽי׃

Transliteration

And te'azreni chayil for the milchamah tachri'a qamay tachtay.

Grammar Details

*te'azreni*: piel imperfect with waw-consecutive, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and you girded me
*chayil*: masculine singular noun - strength
*milchamah*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the battle
*tachri'a*: hifil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will make bow
*qamay*: qal participle, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - those rising against me
*tachtay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - under me

Word Meanings

*te'azreni*: you girded me/you armed me/you equipped me
*chayil*: strength/might/power
*milchamah*: battle/war/combat
*tachri'a*: you will make bow/you will subdue/you will bring down
*qamay*: those rising against me/my adversaries/those who stand against me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 21:12 : 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Ps 94:23 : 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

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