Psalms 73:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

Eikh hayu leshammah kherega'; safu tammu min-ballahot.

Grammar Details

*Eikh*: interrogative - how
*hayu*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they were/became
*leshammah*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - to desolation
*kherega'*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - as in a moment
*safu*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are swept away
*tammu*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are finished
*min-ballahot*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - from terrors

Word Meanings

*eikh*: how/in what way
*hayah*: were/became/happened
*shammah*: desolation/waste/horror
*rega'*: moment/instant
*suf*: swept away/come to an end
*tamam*: finished/completed/consumed
*ballahot*: terrors/sudden destruction

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Referenced Verses

Num 16:21 : 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
1 Sam 28:20 : 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Job 15:21 : 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job 18:11 : 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 20:23-25 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots can feel{H8799)} the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind{H8799)}, both living, and in his wrath.
Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Isa 21:3-4 : 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Isa 30:13 : 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Isa 47:11 : 11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Dan 5:6 : 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Acts 2:23 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Rev 18:10 : 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

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