Psalm 83

Psalms · Chapter 83

Psalms 83:10

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
10Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
they were destroyedנִשְׁמְד֥וּnish-me-DUH8045
to destroy

שָׁמַד (sha.mad) 1) to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be annihilated, be exterminated 1a2) to be destroyed, be devastated 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to annihilate, exterminate 1b2) to destroy Aramaic equivalent: she.mad (שְׁמַד "to destroy" H8046)

at En-בְֽעֵין־ve-'ein-H5874
En-dor

עֵין־דֹּר (en-dor) § En-dor = "fountain of Dor" a place in the territory of Issachar yet possessed by Manasseh; located 4 miles (6.5 km) north of Tabor place of residence of the spiritist consulted by king Saul

-dorדֹּ֑ארDorH5874
En-dor

עֵין־דֹּר (en-dor) § En-dor = "fountain of Dor" a place in the territory of Issachar yet possessed by Manasseh; located 4 miles (6.5 km) north of Tabor place of residence of the spiritist consulted by king Saul

they becameהָ֥יוּHA-yuH1961
to be

הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …

dungדֹּ֝֗מֶןDO-menH1828
dung

דֹּ֫מֶן (do.men) dung (always of corpses) (fig.)

for the groundלָאֲדָמָֽה׃la-'a-da-MAHH0127G
land: soil

אֲדָמָה (a.da.mah) : soil 1) ground, land 1a) ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance) 1b) piece of ground, a specific plot of land 1c) earth substance (for building or constructing) 1d) ground as earth's visible surface 1e) land, territory, country 1f) whole inhabited earth 1g) city in Naphtali

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.