King James Version

2 Samuel 22:41

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

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וְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יveoyevayand enemyאֹיֵבconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.תַּ֥תָּהtatahgiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לִּ֖יlitoלִּ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toעֹ֑רֶףorefback neckעֹרֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “back neck”, the ordinary formH6203the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)back ((stiff-) neck((-ed).מְשַׂנְאַ֖יmesanayhateשָׂנֵאverb, piel, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hate”, a verb used as a describing wordH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.וָאַצְמִיתֵֽםvaatsmitemand consumeצָמַתconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and consume”, the next action in the storyH6789to extirpate (literally or figuratively)consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

Young’s Literal Translation

And mine enemies — Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me — and I cut them off.

World English Bible

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

Darby Translation

And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, And those that hated me I destroyed.

Douay-Rheims

My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἔδωκάς μοι νῶτον, τοὺς μισοῦντάς με, καὶ ἐθανάτωσας αὐτούς.