King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

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אָמַ֖רְתִּיamartisayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אַפְאֵיהֶ֑םafeyhemscatter into cornersפָּאָהverb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “scatter into corners”, a determination or requestH6284to puff, i.e. blow awayscatter into corners.אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָהashbitahceaseשָׁבַתverb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “cease”, a determination or requestH7673to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)(cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.מֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁmeenoshfrom manאֱנוֹשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from man”, the ordinary formH582a man in general (singly or collectively)another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It…זִכְרָֽםzikhrammemorialזֵכֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “memorial”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2143a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemorationmemorial, memory, remembrance, scent.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men;

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American Standard Version (1901)

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

Young’s Literal Translation

I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;

World English Bible

I said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from among men;

Darby Translation

I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

Douay-Rheims

I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I said, I will scatter them, and I will cause their memorial to cease from among men.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἶπα, διασπερῶ αὐτοὺς, παύσω δὲ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν.