2 Samuel

2 Samuel 22:40–44

⁴⁰You have armed me with strength for battle;

You have subdued my foes beneath me.

⁴¹You have made my enemies retreat before me;

I destroyed those who hated me.

⁴²They looked, but there was no one to save them —

to the LORD, but He did not answer.

⁴³I ground them as the dust of the earth;

I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

⁴⁴You have delivered me from the strife of my people;

You have preserved me as the head of nations;

a people I had not known shall serve me.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have armed me	וַתַּזְרֵ֥נִי	wat·taz·rê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H247 gird, encompass, equip
with strength	חַ֖יִל	ḥa·yil	Noun - masculine singular	H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
for battle	לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה	lam·mil·ḥā·māh	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war
You have subdued	תַּכְרִ֥יעַ	taḵ·rî·a‘	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3766 bow down
my foes	קָמַ֖י	qā·may	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
beneath me	תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃	taḥ·tê·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H8478 the under part

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have made	תַּ֥תָּה	tat·tāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
my enemies	וְאֹ֣יְבַ֔י	wə·’ō·yə·ḇay	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H341 be hostile to
retreat	עֹ֑רֶף	‘ō·rep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H6203 back of neck, neck
before me	לִּ֖י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
I destroyed	וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃	wā·’aṣ·mî·ṯêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H6789 put an end to, exterminate
those who hated me	מְשַׂנְאַ֖י	mə·śan·’ay	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H8130 hate

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They looked	יִשְׁע֖וּ	yiš·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8159 gaze
but	וְאֵ֣ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
to save them	מֹשִׁ֑יעַ	mō·šî·a‘	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H3467 deliver
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
but He did not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
answer	עָנָֽם׃	‘ā·nām	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H6030 answer, respond

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I ground them	וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם	wə·’eš·ḥā·qêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H7833 rub away, beat fine, pulverize
as the dust	כַּעֲפַר־	ka·‘ă·p̄ar-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6083 dry earth, dust
of the earth	אָ֑רֶץ	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
I crushed	אֲדִקֵּ֖ם	’ă·ḏiq·qêm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H1854 crush, pulverise, thresh; be fine
and trampled them	אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃	’er·qā·‘êm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H7554 beat, stamp, beat out, spread out
like mud	כְּטִיט־	kə·ṭîṭ-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2916 mud, mire, clay
in the streets	חוּצ֥וֹת	ḥū·ṣō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H2351 the outside

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have delivered me	וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי	wat·tə·p̄al·lə·ṭê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H6403 escape
from the strife	מֵרִיבֵ֖י	mê·rî·ḇê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H7379 strife, dispute
of my people	עַמִּ֑י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
You have preserved me	תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙	tiš·mə·rê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
as the head	לְרֹ֣אשׁ	lə·rōš	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of nations	גּוֹיִ֔ם	gō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
a people	עַ֥ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
I had not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
known	יָדַ֖עְתִּי	yā·ḏa‘·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3045 know
shall serve me	יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃	ya·‘aḇ·ḏu·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; first person common singular	H5647 work, serve