2 Samuel 22:8 Go deeper
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Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. (KJV)
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וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙va.tir.'Ashand it quaked
Lemma: רָעַשׁ (ra.ash) · Strong's: H7493
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to shake
Used 30 times. Also: Judges 5:4, Job 39:20, Psalms 18:7, Psalms 46:3, Psalms 60:2, Psalms 68:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7493; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:8 word 1
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:8 word 2
מוֹסְד֥וֹתmos.Dot[the] foundations of
Lemma: מוֹסָדָה (mo.sa.dah) · Strong's: H4146
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: foundation
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:16, Psalms 18:15, Isaiah 40:21, Jeremiah 51:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4146; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:8 word 3
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavens
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: heaven
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:8 word 4
יִרְגָּ֑זוּyir.Ga.zuthey trembled
Lemma: רָגַז (ra.gaz) · Strong's: H7264
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to tremble
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 45:24, Exodus 15:14, Deuteronomy 2:25, 1 Samuel 14:15, 1 Samuel 28:15, 2 Samuel 7:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7264; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:8 word 5
וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּvai.yit.ga.'a.Shuand they shook back and forth
Lemma: גָּעַשׁ (ga.ash) · Strong's: H1607
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVtw3mp)
Meaning: to shake
Used 8 times. Also: Job 34:20, Psalms 18:7, Jeremiah 5:22, Jeremiah 25:16, Jeremiah 46:7, Jeremiah 46:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1607; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:8 word 6
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:8 word 7
חָ֥רָהCha.rahit burned
Lemma: חָרָה (cha.rah) · Strong's: H2734
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to be incensed
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:5, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 31:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2734; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:8 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| shook | → | גָּעַשׁ H1607 to shake |
| and quaked | → | רָעַשׁ H7493 to shake |
| the foundations | → | מוֹסָדָה H4146 foundation |
| of the heavens | → | שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven |
| trembled | → | רָגַז H7264 to tremble |
| they were shaken | → | גָּעַשׁ H1607 to shake |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| He burned with anger | → | חָרָה H2734 to be incensed |
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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