Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 32:29–30

²⁹If only they were wise, they would understand it;

they would comprehend their fate.

³⁰How could one man pursue a thousand,

or two put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

unless the LORD had given them up?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If only	ל֥וּ	lū	Preposition	H3863 if
they were wise	חָכְמ֖וּ	ḥā·ḵə·mū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2449 be wise
they would understand	יַשְׂכִּ֣ילוּ	yaś·kî·lū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7919 be prudent
it	זֹ֑את	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
they would comprehend	יָבִ֖ינוּ	yā·ḇî·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H995 discern
their fate	לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃	lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯām	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H319 after-part, end

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How	אֵיכָ֞ה	’ê·ḵāh	Interjection	H349 How?
could one man	אֶחָד֙	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
pursue	יִרְדֹּ֤ף	yir·dōp̄	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
a thousand	אֶ֔לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
or two	וּשְׁנַ֖יִם	ū·šə·na·yim	Conjunctive waw; Number - md	H8147 two
put ten thousand	רְבָבָ֑ה	rə·ḇā·ḇāh	Number - feminine singular	H7233 multitude, myriad, ten thousand
to flight	יָנִ֣יסוּ	yā·nî·sū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5127 flee, escape
unless	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
their Rock	צוּרָ֣ם	ṣū·rām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6697 rock, cliff
had sold them	מְכָרָ֔ם	mə·ḵā·rām	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H4376 sell
unless the LORD	וַֽיהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
had given them up	הִסְגִּירָֽם׃	his·gî·rām	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H5462 shut, close

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

Deuteronomy 32:29 Psalm 81:13 · Deuteronomy 5:29 · Hosea 14:9 · Luke 19:41–42 · Luke 12:20 · Psalm 107:43 · Isaiah 10:3 · Isaiah 47:7 · Luke 16:19–25 · Isaiah 48:18–19

Deuteronomy 32:30 Leviticus 26:8 · Joshua 23:10 · Isaiah 30:17 · Psalm 31:8 · Psalm 44:12 · Judges 7:22–23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.