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Exodus 17:16

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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 said^H559, Because the LORD^H3050 hath sworn^{H3027 H3676} that the LORD^H3068 will have war^H4421 with Amalek^H6002 from generation^H1755 to generation^H1755.

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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

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

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; from דּוּר; 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; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([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, 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; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3676 — כֵּס (kêç, kace): apparently a contraction for כִּסֵּא, but probably by erroneous transcription for נֵס; {a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token}; sworn.
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (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 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.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Because — Isaiah 66:1, Acts 7:49
• will have war — Psalms 21:8-11

Reciprocal references (10): Numbers 14:45, Numbers 24:20, Numbers 31:3, Deuteronomy 1:31, Deuteronomy 25:19, Esther 3:2, Esther 9:10, Isaiah 14:24, Amos 8:7, Acts 7:36

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: AMALEKITES, THE, THEOCRACY, THE, OR IMMEDIATE GOVERNMENT BY GOD, WAR
• Nave’s: AMALEKITES, MOSES

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