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howאֲשֶׁרhe met youקָרְךָon the wayבַּדֶּרֶךְand cut offוַיְזַנֵּבat your rearבְּךָallכָּלthe stragglersהַנֶּחֱשָׁלִיםbehind you,אַחַרֶיךָwhen youוְאַתָּהwere wearyעָיֵףand worn out;וְיָגֵעַand he did notוְלֹאfearיָרֵאElohim.אֱלֹהִים
Deuteronomy 25:18
Study it in the app“how he met you on the way and cut off at your rear all the stragglers behind you, when you were weary and worn out; and he did not fear Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 25:18, word by word
- he met youקָרְkar
meet
To come to meet someone, as YHWH does with his people.
Where else “kar” appears- on the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- and cut offיְזַנֵּבyezanev
attack the rear
Cut off the rear: attack those who go last.
Where else “yezanev” appears- the stragglersנֶּחֱשָׁלִיםnecheshalim
be weak, lag behind
Be weak and fall behind, without strength to keep up.
Where else “necheshalim” appears- were wearyעָיֵףayef
weary, exhausted
Weary, exhausted, faint; also thirsty, dry.
Where else “ayef” appears- and worn outיָגֵעַyagea
weary
Weary, without strength from effort; also wearisome.
Where else “yagea” appears- fearיָרֵאyare
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yare” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
Translation note
It is told in Exodus 17:8-16.
The context
17Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you came out of Egypt:
18 · This verse (above)
19Therefore it shall be, when YHWH your Elohim has given rest to you from all your enemies around, in the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. You shall not forget.