King James Version

2 Samuel 22:43

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

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וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖םveeshchaqemand beatשָׁחַקconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and beat”, an unfinished actionH7833to comminate (by trituration or attrition)beat, wear.כַּעֲפַרkaafaras dustעָפָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as dust”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.אָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.כְּטִיטketitas clayטִיטpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as clay”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2916mud or clay; figuratively, calamityclay, dirt, mire.חוּצ֥וֹתchutsotabroadחוּץnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.אֲדִקֵּ֖םadiqembeat in piecesדָּקַקverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beat in pieces”, an unfinished actionH1854to crush (or intransitively) crumblebeat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small).אֶרְקָעֵֽםerqaembeatרָקַעverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beat”, an unfinished actionH7554to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small — I spread them out!

World English Bible

Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

Darby Translation

And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth, I trod them as the mire of the streets; I stamped upon them.

Douay-Rheims

I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐλέανα αὐτοὺς ὡς χοῦν γῆς, ὡς πηλὸν ἐξόδων ἐλέπτυνα αὐτούς.