Exodus 15:14

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

The nations herde ad were afrayde, pages came vpon the Philistines.

📖 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

• Num 14:14 : 14 And it wilbe tolde to the inhabiters of this lande also for they haue herde likewise that thou the Lorde art amoge this people ad yt thou art sene face to face and yt thy cloude stondeth ouer them and that thou goest before them by daye tyme in a piler of a cloude and in a piler of fyre by nyght.
• Deut 2:25 : 25 This daye I will begynne to send the feare and dreade of the vppon all nacions that are vnder al portes of heauen: so that whe they heare speake of the, they shall tremble and quake for feare of the.
• Num 22:5 : 5 And he sent messangers vnto Balam the sonne of Beor the interpreter whiche dwelt vppon the ryuer of the lande of the childern of his folke to call him sayenge: beholde there is a people come out of Egipte which couereth the face of the erthe and lye euen harde by me.
• Deut 2:4-5 : 4 And warne the people sayenge: Ye shall goo thorow the costes of youre brethern the childern of Esau which dwell in Seir, and they shalbe afrayed of you: But take good hede vnto youre selues that 5 ye prouoke the not, for I wil not geue you of their lode, no not so moch as a fote breadeth: because I haue geue mount Seir vnto Esau to possesse.