Psalms 18:42 Go deeper

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. (KJV)

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וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֗םve.'esh.cha.Kemand I crushed them

Lemma: שָׁחַק (sha.chaq) · Strong's: H7833

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)

Meaning: to beat

Used 4 times. Also: Exodus 30:36, 2 Samuel 22:43, Job 14:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7833; TAHOT Psalms 18:42 word 1

כְּעָפָ֥רke.'a.Farlike dust

Lemma: עָפָר (a.phar) · Strong's: H6083

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

Meaning: dust

Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6083; TAHOT Psalms 18:42 word 2

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

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 Psalms 18:42 word 3

פְּנֵי\־pe.nei-[the] face of

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face: before

Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Psalms 18:42 word 4

ר֑וּחַRu.ach[the] wind

Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307H

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

Meaning: spirit: breath

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:22, Genesis 8:1, Exodus 10:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7307H; TAHOT Psalms 18:42 word 5

כְּטִ֖יטke.Titlike [the] mud of

Lemma: טִיט (tit) · Strong's: H2916

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

Meaning: mud

Used 13 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:43, Job 41:30, Psalms 40:2, Psalms 69:14, Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 57:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2916; TAHOT Psalms 18:42 word 6

חוּצ֣וֹתchu.Tzot[the] streets

Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

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 Psalms 18:42 word 7

אֲרִיקֵֽם\׃'a.ri.KemI poured out them

Lemma: רִיק (ruq) · Strong's: H7324

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

Meaning: to empty

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 42:35, Exodus 15:9, Leviticus 26:33, Psalms 35:3, Ecclesiastes 11:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7324; TAHOT Psalms 18:42 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

I ground them	→	שָׁחַק H7833 to beat
as dust	→	עָפָר H6083 dust
in	→	עַל H5921A upon
the face of	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
the wind	→	רוּחַ H7307H spirit: breath
I trampled them	→	רִיק H7324 to empty
like mud	→	טִיט H2916 mud
in the streets	→	חוּץ H2351 outside

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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