Deuteronomy 32:42 — King James Version← Study notes
“I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.”
Deuteronomy 32:42 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 32:4212 words
אַשְׁכִּירʾašəkîrBecome tipsy
חִצַּיḥiṣayPiercer
מִדָּםmidāmFrom blood
וְחַרְבִּיwəḥarəbîAnd drought
תֹּאכַלtōʾḵalEat
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
מִדַּםmidamFrom blood
חָלָלḥālālPierced
וְשִׁבְיָהwəšivəyāhAnd exile
מֵרֹאשׁmērōʾšFrom head
פַּרְעוֹתparəʿwōtLeadership
אוֹיֵבʾwōyēvHating
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