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Psalms 78:66

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

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וַיַּךְvayakhand strikeנָכָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and strike”, the next action in the storyH5221to 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.צָרָ֥יוtsarayvnarrowצַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “narrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.אָח֑וֹרachorafterאָחוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “after”, the ordinary formH268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the Westafter(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-) hind(-er part), time to come, without.חֶרְפַּ֥תcherpatrebukeחֶרְפָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “rebuke”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2781contumely, disgrace, the pudendarebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.ע֝וֹלָ֗םolamalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…נָ֣תַןnatangiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd 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…לָֽמוֹlamvotoלָֽמוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

Young’s Literal Translation

And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

World English Bible

He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

Darby Translation

And he smote his adversaries in the hinder part, and put them to everlasting reproach.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he brought on them a perpetual reproach.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐξ οἴνου. Καὶ ἐπάταξε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ὄνειδος αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς.