Deuteronomy 32:30
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?”
צוּר
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
כִּי
deed
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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מָכַר
he had sold/ them
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מָכַר
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
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לֹא
in-
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לֹא
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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רְבָבָה
ten thousand
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רְבָבָה
abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)
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נוּס
will they put to flight?
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נוּס
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
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רָדַף
will he pursue
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רָדַף
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
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סָגַר
he had delivered up/ them
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סָגַר
he had delivered up/ them
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
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