The Meaning of 2 Samuel 22:32 Explained

2 Samuel 22:32

KJV: For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?

YLT: For who is God save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God?

Darby: For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?

ASV: For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For who [is] God,  save  the LORD?  and who [is] a rock,  save  our God? 

What does 2 Samuel 22:32 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 22

1  David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 22:32 mean?

For who [is] God except Yahweh and who [is] a rock except our God
כִּ֥י מִי־ אֵ֖ל מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י ؟ יְהוָ֑ה וּמִ֥י צ֖וּר מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֥י ؟ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ

מִי־  who  [is] 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: מִי  
Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever.
אֵ֖ל  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י  except 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: בַּלְעֲדֵי  
Sense: apart from, except, without, besides.
؟ יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וּמִ֥י  and  who  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interrogative
Root: מִי  
Sense: who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever.
צ֖וּר  a  rock 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: צוּר 
Sense: rock, cliff.
מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֥י  except 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: בַּלְעֲדֵי  
Sense: apart from, except, without, besides.
؟ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ  our  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).