Deuteronomy 32:23 Go deeper
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I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. (KJV)
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אַסְפֶּ֥ה'as.PehI will catch up
Lemma: סָפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H5595
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to snatch
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Numbers 16:26, Numbers 32:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5595; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:23 word 1
עָלֵ֖ימוֹ'a.Lei.movon them
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:23 word 2
רָע֑וֹתra.'otcalamities
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: distress: harm
Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 19:19, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 32:12, Exodus 32:14, Numbers 11:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451C; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:23 word 3
חִצַּ֖יchi.Tzaiarrows my
Lemma: חֵץ (chets) · Strong's: H2671
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: arrow
Used 51 times. Also: Genesis 49:23, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:42, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:21, 1 Samuel 20:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2671; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:23 word 4
אֲכַלֶּה\־'a.kha.leh-I will use up
Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615J
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to end: expend
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 43:2, Leviticus 19:9, Leviticus 23:22, 1 Kings 17:14, 1 Kings 17:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3615J; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:23 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I will heap | → | סָפָה H5595 to snatch |
| disasters | → | רָעָה H7451C distress: harm |
| upon them | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| I will spend | → | כָּלָה H3615J to end: expend |
| My arrows | → | חֵץ H2671 arrow |
| against them | → |
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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