Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 32:30–31

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?

³¹For their rock is not like our Rock,

even our enemies concede.^h

Footnotes

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
their rock	כְצוּרֵ֖נוּ	ḵə·ṣū·rê·nū	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H6697 rock, cliff
is not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
like our Rock	צוּרָ֑ם	ṣū·rām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6697 rock, cliff
even our enemies	וְאֹיְבֵ֖ינוּ	wə·’ō·yə·ḇê·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H341 be hostile to
concede	פְּלִילִֽים׃	pə·lî·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6414 judge

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

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

Deuteronomy 32:31 Exodus 14:25 · 1 Samuel 4:8 · 1 Samuel 2:2 · Daniel 2:47 · Jeremiah 40:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.