2 Samuel

2 Samuel 22:45–46

⁴⁵Foreigners cower before me;

when they hear me, they obey me.

⁴⁶Foreigners lose heart

and come trembling^f 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

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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

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

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

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.