Psalms 2:9 Go deeper

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

תְּ֭רֹעֵםTe.ro.'emyou will break them

Lemma: רָעַע (ra.a) · Strong's: H7489B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to shatter

Used 8 times. Also: Job 34:24, Proverbs 18:24, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 24:19, Jeremiah 11:16, Jeremiah 15:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7489B; TAHOT Psalms 2:9 word 1

בְּשֵׁ֣בֶטbe.She.vetwith a rod of

Lemma: שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) · Strong's: H7626G

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

Meaning: tribe: staff

Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Exodus 21:20, Leviticus 27:32, Numbers 24:17, Judges 5:14, 2 Samuel 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7626G; TAHOT Psalms 2:9 word 2

בַּרְזֶ֑לbar.Zeliron

Lemma: בַּרְזֶל (bar.zel) · Strong's: H1270

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

Meaning: iron

Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Leviticus 26:19, Numbers 31:22, Numbers 35:16, Deuteronomy 3:11, Deuteronomy 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1270; TAHOT Psalms 2:9 word 3

כִּכְלִ֖יkikh.Lilike a vessel of

Lemma: כְּלִי (ke.li) · Strong's: H3627

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

Meaning: article/utensil

Used 325 times. Also: Genesis 24:53, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 43:11, Genesis 45:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3627; TAHOT Psalms 2:9 word 4

יוֹצֵ֣רyo.Tzera potter

Lemma: יָצַר (ya.tsar) · Strong's: H3335H

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

Meaning: to form: potter

Used 18 times. Also: 2 Samuel 17:28, 1 Chronicles 4:23, Isaiah 29:16, Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 64:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3335H; TAHOT Psalms 2:9 word 5

תְּנַפְּצֵֽם\׃te.na.pe.Tzemyou will smash them

Lemma: נָפַץ (na.phats) · Strong's: H5310A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)

Meaning: to shatter

Used 18 times. Also: Judges 7:19, 1 Kings 5:9, Psalms 137:9, Isaiah 27:9, Jeremiah 13:14, Jeremiah 22:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5310A; TAHOT Psalms 2:9 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

You will break them	→	רָעַע H7489B to shatter
with an iron	→	בַּרְזֶל H1270 iron
scepter	→	שֵׁ֫בֶט H7626G tribe: staff
You will shatter them	→	נָפַץ H5310A to shatter
like pottery	→	יָצַר H3335H to form: potter
. . .	→	כְּלִי H3627 article/utensil

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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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