2 Samuel
2 Samuel 22:44–46
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.
45Foreigners cower before me;
when they hear me, they obey me.
46Foreigners lose heart
and come tremblingf from their strongholds.
Footnotes
- f 22:46 Some LXX manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45|PSA 18:45); MT and arm themselves
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.
2 Samuel 22:44
| 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 |
2 Samuel 22:45
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreigners | בְּנֵ֥י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| cower | יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־ | yiṯ·ka·ḥă·šū- | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3584 be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean |
| before me | לִ֑י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| when they hear me | לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ | liš·mō·w·a‘ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8085 hear |
| they obey | יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ | yiš·šā·mə·‘ū | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H8085 hear |
| me | לִֽי׃ | lî | Preposition; first person common singular |
2 Samuel 22:46
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreigners | בְּנֵ֥י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| lose heart | יִבֹּ֑לוּ | yib·bō·lū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5034 be senseless, foolish |
| and come trembling | וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ | wə·yaḥ·gə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H2296 gird, gird on, gird oneself |
| from their strongholds | מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃ | mim·mis·gə·rō·w·ṯām | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H4526 border, rim |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
2 Samuel 22:44 Isaiah 55:5 · 2 Samuel 8:1–14 · 2 Samuel 3:1 · 2 Samuel 19:14 · Deuteronomy 28:13 · 2 Samuel 19:9
2 Samuel 22:45 Psalm 81:15 · Psalm 66:3
2 Samuel 22:46 Micah 7:17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.