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Ezekiel 39:3

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

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וְהִכֵּיתִ֥יvehikeytiand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and strike”, a completed action in a sequenceH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.קַשְׁתְּךָ֖qashtekhabowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).מִיַּ֣דmiyadfrom handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָsemovlekhaleftשְׂמֹאולnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “left”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8040properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left handleft (hand, side).וְחִצֶּ֕יךָvechitseykhaand arrowחֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and arrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.מִיַּ֥דmiyadfrom handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […יְמִינְךָ֖yeminekharightיָמִיןnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “right”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south[phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.אַפִּֽילapilfallנָפַלverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “fall”, an unfinished actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Young’s Literal Translation

And have smitten thy bow out of thy left hand, Yea, thine arrows out of thy right I cause to fall.

World English Bible

I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

Darby Translation

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Douay-Rheims

And I will break thy bow in thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will destroy thy bow out of thy left hand, and thine arrows out of thy right hand, and I will cast thee down on the mountains of Israel;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπολῶ τὸ τόκον σου ἀπὸ τῆς χειρός σου τῆς ἀριστερᾶς, καὶ τὰ τοξεύματά σου ἀπὸ τῆς χειρός σου τῆς δεξιᾶς, καὶ καταβαλῶ σε ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἰσραὴλ,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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