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The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. (KJV)

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מִחוּץ֙mi.Chutzfrom outside

Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: outside

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 1

תְּשַׁכֶּל\־te.sha.kel-it will make childless

Lemma: שָׁכֹל (sha.khol) · Strong's: H7921A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpi3fs)

Meaning: be bereaved

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 42:36, Genesis 43:14, Exodus 23:26, Leviticus 26:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7921A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 2

חֶ֔רֶבChe.reva sword

Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: sword

Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 3

וּמֵחֲדָרִ֖יםu.me.cha.da.Rimand [will be] from inner rooms

Lemma: חֶ֫דֶר (che.der) · Strong's: H2315

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: chamber

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 43:30, Exodus 8:3, Judges 3:24, Judges 15:1, Judges 16:9, Judges 16:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2315; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 4

אֵימָ֑ה'ei.Mahterror

Lemma: אֵימָה (e.mah) · Strong's: H0367

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: terror

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Exodus 15:16, Exodus 23:27, Joshua 2:9, Ezra 3:3, Job 9:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0367; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 5

גַּם\־gam-both

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 6

בָּחוּר֙ba.Churyoung man

Lemma: בָּחוּר (ba.chur) · Strong's: H0970

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: youth

Used 44 times. Also: Judges 14:10, Ruth 3:10, 1 Samuel 8:16, 1 Samuel 9:2, 2 Kings 8:12, 2 Chronicles 36:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0970; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 7

גַּם\־gam-as well as

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 8

בְּתוּלָ֔הbe.tu.Lahyoung woman

Lemma: בְּתוּלָה (be.tu.lah) · Strong's: H1330

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: virgin

Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 24:16, Exodus 22:16, Exodus 22:17, Leviticus 21:3, Leviticus 21:14, Deuteronomy 22:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1330; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 9

יוֹנֵ֖קyo.Neka suckling-child

Lemma: יָנַק (ya.naq) · Strong's: H3243J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: to suckle

Used 11 times. Also: Numbers 11:12, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 22:19, Psalms 8:2, Song of Solomon 8:1, Isaiah 11:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3243J; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 10

עִם\־'im-with

Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 11

אִ֥ישׁ'isha person of

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 12

שֵׂיבָֽה\׃sei.Vahgray hair

Lemma: שֵׂיבָה (se.vah) · Strong's: H7872

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: greyheaded

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 15:15, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Leviticus 19:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7872; TAHOT Deuteronomy 32:25 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Outside	→	חוּץ H2351 outside
the sword	→	חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword
will take their children	→	שָׁכֹל H7921A be bereaved
and inside	→	חֶ֫דֶר H2315 chamber
terror will strike	→	אֵימָה H0367 terror
the young man	→	בָּחוּר H0970 youth
. . .	→	גַּם H1571 also
and	→	גַּם H1571 also
the young woman	→	בְּתוּלָה H1330 virgin
the infant	→	יָנַק H3243J to suckle
and	→	עִם H5973A with
the gray-haired	→	שֵׂיבָה H7872 greyheaded
man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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