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Howאֵיכָהcould oneאֶחָדchaseיִרְדֹּףa thousand,אֶלֶףand twoוּשְׁנַיִםputיָנִיסוּten thousandרְבָבָהto flight,יָנִיסוּunlessאִם לֹא כִּיtheir Rockצוּרָםhad sold them,מְכָרָםand YHWHוַיהוָהhad handed them over?הִסְגִּירָם
Deuteronomy 32:30
Study it in the app“How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and YHWH had handed them over?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:30, word by word
- could oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- chaseיִרְדֹּףyirdof
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdof” appears- a thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- and twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- putיָנִיסוּyanisu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanisu” appears- ten thousandרְבָבָהrevava
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; a countless multitude.
Where else “revava” appears- their Rockצוּרָtsura
the Rock
YHWH, the firm Rock of his people.
Where else “tsura” appears- had sold themמְכָרָmechara
hand over
To hand someone over to another, above all YHWH handing his people over to their enemies.
Where else “mechara” appears- and YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- had handed them overהִסְגִּירָhisgira
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “hisgira” appears
The context
29If only they were wise, they would understand this; they would consider their end!
30 · This verse (above)
31For their rock is not like our Rock; and our enemies are judges.