The Meaning of 2 Samuel 22:39 Explained

2 Samuel 22:39

KJV: And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

YLT: And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet.

Darby: And I have consumed them and have crushed them, and they rose not again; Yea, they fell under my feet.

ASV: And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I have consumed  them, and wounded  them, that they could not arise:  yea, they are fallen  under my feet. 

What does 2 Samuel 22:39 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 22:39 mean?

And I have destroyed them and wounded them so that not they could rise and they have fallen under my feet
וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יְקוּמ֑וּן וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽי

וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם  And  I  have  destroyed  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם  and  wounded  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: מָחַץ  
Sense: to smite through, shatter, wound severely.
וְלֹ֣א  so  that  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יְקוּמ֑וּן  they  could  rise 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ  and  they  have  fallen 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
תַּ֥חַת  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
רַגְלָֽי  my  feet 
Parse: Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.