2 Samuel 22:41 Go deeper
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Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. (KJV)
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וְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יve.'O.ye.Vaiand enemies my
Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: enemy
Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:41 word 1
תַּ֥תָּהTa.tahyou have given
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to give: make
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 9:12, Genesis 17:2, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 42:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:41 word 2
עֹ֑רֶף'O.refa neck
Lemma: עֹ֫רֶף (o.reph) · Strong's: H6203
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: neck
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 49:8, Exodus 23:27, Exodus 32:9, Exodus 33:3, Exodus 33:5, Exodus 34:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6203; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:41 word 3
מְשַׂנְאַ֖יme.san.'Ai[those who] hate me
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:41 word 4
וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם\׃va.'atz.mi.Temand I destroyed them
Lemma: צָמַת (tsa.mat) · Strong's: H6789
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhw1cs)
Meaning: to destroy
Used 15 times. Also: Job 6:17, Job 23:17, Psalms 18:40, Psalms 54:5, Psalms 69:4, Psalms 73:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6789; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:41 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have made | → | נָתַן H5414I to give: make |
| my enemies | → | אֹיֵב H0341 enemy |
| retreat | → | עֹ֫רֶף H6203 neck |
| before me | → | |
| I destroyed | → | צָמַת H6789 to destroy |
| those who hated me | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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