Deuteronomy 1:44
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱמֹרִי
ʼĔmôrîy
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
דְּבוֹרָה
dᵉbôwrâh
the bee (from its systematic instincts)
שֵׂעִיר
Sêʻîyr
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Study H8165 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
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?
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
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