Exodus 17:16

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Exodus 17:16


← Exodus 17:15 Exodus 17:16 (KJV) Exodus 18:1 →
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For he saidH559, Because the LORDH3050 hath swornH3027 H3676 that the LORDH3068 will have warH4421 with AmalekH6002 from generationH1755 to generationH1755.


Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי־יָד עַל־כֵּס יָהּ מִלְחָמָה לַיהוָה בַּעֲמָלֵק מִדֹּר דֹּר׃ פ

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר
va/i.Yo.mer H559 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he said
כִּֽי
ki- H3588 HC that
יָד֙
yad H3027 HNcbsa a hand
עַל
'al- H5921 HR on
כֵּ֣ס
kes H3676 HNcmsc (the) throne of
יָ֔הּ
Yah H3050 HNp Yahweh
מִלְחָמָ֥ה
mil.cha.Mah H4421 HNcfsa war
לַ/יהוָ֖ה
la./Yah.weh H3068 HR/Np (will belong) to/ Yahweh
בַּֽ/עֲמָלֵ֑ק
ba./'a.ma.Lek H6002 HR/Np with/ Amalek
מִ/דֹּ֖ר
mi./Dor H1755 HR/Ncmsa from/ generation
דֹּֽר
Dor H1755 HNcmsa generation
Strong's References
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H1755 — דּוֹר (dôwr, dore): or (shortened) דֹּר (dôr); from דּוּר (dûwr) H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling; age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
  • H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from כַּף (kaph) H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); ([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, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
  • H3050 — יָהּ (Yâhh, yaw): contraction for יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) H3068, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name; Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in '-iah,' '-jah.'
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H3676 — כֵּס (kêç, kace): apparently a contraction for כִּסֵּא (kiççêʼ) H3678, but probably by erroneous transcription for נֵס (nêç) H5251; a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token; sworn.
  • H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (lâcham) H3898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
  • H6002 — עֲמָלֵק (ʻĂmâlêq, am-aw-lake'): probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country; Amalek.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
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