Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 22:43 Interlinear

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth them as the mire of the street I did stamp and did spread them abroad

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖םH7833Then did I beatto comminate (by trituration or attrition)
2כַּֽעֲפַרH6083them as small as the dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
3אָ֑רֶץH776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
4כְּטִיטH2916them as the miremud or clay; figuratively, calamity
5חוּצ֥וֹתH2351of the streetproperly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors
6אֲדִקֵּ֖םH1854I did stampto crush (or intransitively) crumble
7אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃H7554and did spread them abroadto pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)

Verse Context

2 Samuel 22:42They looked but there was none to save even unto the LORD ...
2 Samuel 22:43 (current)Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth them as the mire of the street I did stamp and did spread them abroad
2 Samuel 22:44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings a people thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen...

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