Deuteronomy 32:33

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

חמת חֲמַת

heat/fury

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חמה

chêmâh

Definition

heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

Root

or (Daniel 11:44) חמא; from H3179 (יחם);

Exhaustive

or (Daniel 11:44) חמא; from יחם; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever); anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See חמאה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2534

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֵמָה

noun / feminine • Root חמה • Strongs / High • Page 496

heat from wine; anger.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֵמָה

noun feminine • Root יחם • Page 234

heat, anger (Gen. 27:44, Jer. 6:11, 25:15, Is. 51:17). 2. poison, from its hot burning nature (Deut. 32:24, Ps. 58:5).

חֵמָה

noun feminine • Page 234

i. q. חֶמְאָה milk (Job 29:6).

חַמָּה

noun feminine • Root חם • Page 234

1. strictly a fem. adj. the hot, glowing; used poetically for the sun (Job 30:28, Cant. 6:10, Is. 30:26). 2. warmth, heat (Ps. 19:7).

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: θυμόν θυμῷ θυμὸσ θυμοῦ θυμόσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2534:

θυμόν 21× (15.5%)

θυμῷ 15× (10.1%)

θυμὸσ 12× (9.8%)

θυμοῦ 12× (9.6%)

θυμόσ 9× (6.6%)

ὀργῇ 7× (5.1%)

ὀργὴ 5× (3.8%)

ὀργή 5× (3.6%)

--- 4× (3.5%)

θυμὸν 4× (3.4%)

תנינם תַּנִּינם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

תנין

tannîyn

Definition

a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal

Root

or תנים; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as H8565 (תן);

Exhaustive

or תנים; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as תן; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal; dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8577

Fürst

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תַּנִּים

noun • Root תנן • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1521

m. prop. howler, then a howling animal of the desert Is. 13, 22, parallel אִי, or along with יַעֲנָה וּבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה Is. 43, 20, Mic. 1, 8, Job 30, 29, which announced itself by terrible howlings. Understood to mean the jackal.

Matched via consonantal key only

תַּנִּים

plur. • Root תן תנין • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1522

1. plur. from תַּן which see. — 2. sing. for תַּנִּין which see.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תַּנִּים

masc. sing. • Root תנין • Page 721

A great serpent, a sea monster, i.q. תַּנִּין, which is the reading of several MSS. Ezek. 29: 3.

תַּנִּין

m. plur. תַּנִּינִים • Root תן • Page 721

1. a great fish, a sea monster. Gen. 1: 21. Job 7: 12. Is. 27: 1. 2. a serpent, Ex. 7: 9 ff. Deut. 32: 33. Ps. 91: 13. a dragon, Jer. 51: 34. also a crocodile, comp. Ezek. 29: 3.

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: δράκων δρακόντων ὡσ δράκοντεσ δράκοντα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8577b:

δράκων 5× (17.2%)

δρακόντων 4× (13.5%)

ὡσ 3× (11.0%)

δράκοντεσ 3× (11.0%)

δράκοντα 3× (9.3%)

σειρήνων 2× (7.3%)

--- 2× (7.3%)

יינם יֵינָם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יין

yayin

Definition

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

Root

from an unused root meaning to effervesce;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication; banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3196

הם

Definition

their, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9028

Fürst

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יַיִן

masculine noun • Root יין • Strongs / High • Page 606

Masculine noun for wine, a favourite noble drink. Also used for bunches of grapes.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יַיִן

m. prim. dec. vi. f. • Page 282

1. wine. 2. intoxication (Gen. 9:24, 1 Sam. 1:14, 25:37).

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX: οἶνον οἴνου οἶνοσ οἴνῳ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3196:

οἶνον 60× (40.7%)

οἴνου 38× (24.8%)

οἶνοσ 16× (10.4%)

οἴνῳ 9× (5.6%)

--- 3× (2.2%)

οἶνόν 3× (2.1%)

ὡσ 2× (1.5%)

pἀπὸ 2× (1.5%)

'' 2× (1.3%)

πότῳ 2× (1.0%)

וראש וְרֹאשׁ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ראש

rôʼsh

Definition

a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)

Root

or רוש; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as H7218 (ראש);

Exhaustive

or רוש; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as ראש; a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents); gall, hemlock, poison, venom.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7219

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רֹאשׁ

noun • Strongs / High • Page 1330

Poppy (reference to DEUT. 32, 32).

רֹאשׁ

noun / masculine • Root ראש • Strongs / High • Page 1311

1. Prop. skull; hence head, of men or animals. 2. Metaphor of things: the point, summit, capital, scepter, the highest. Fig. principal, highest (as of oil or feelings), a prince, king, principal person. The sum, total, multitude. The foremost, first, beginning.

רֹאשׁ

noun masculine • Root ראש • Strongs / High • Page 1312

1. Source of a river; beginning, commencement (of time). 2. Poison (רוֹשׁ), poisonous berries/water; fig. viciousness.

רֹאשׁ

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1312

n. p. of a people (Rosh) belonging to the Scythian king Gog, dwelling in the high north (identified by some classical writers with Russians/Roxolani).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָאשׁ

adjective • Page 602

poor. See רוּשׁ.

רֹאשׁ

noun masculine • Root ראש ראש • Page 603

1. a head. —נָתַן בְּרֹאשׁ to let come on the head of any one, Ezek. 9: 10, 11: 21. בְּרֵאשֵׁינוּ with the danger of our heads, 1 Chr. 12: 19. 2. the first or highest in its kind. Hence (1.) a head, chief, leader (1 Sam. 15: 17, Ex. 6: 14, 25). (2.) a chief city, metropolis (Josh. 11: 10). (3.) the highest place, first rank—כֹּהֵן הָרֹאשׁ the high-priest (2 Chr. 19: 11). (4.) the top or highest part, as of a mountain (Gen. 8: 5), of a tower (Gen. 11: 4). Metaphorically רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָה the highest joy (Ps. 137: 6). 3. the first; e. g. רֹאשׁ הַחֳדָשִׁים the first month (Ex. 12: 2). 4. the sum, the whole number (Lev. 5: 24, Ps. 119: 160). 5. a company, multitude, host (Judg. 7: 16, 1 Sam. 11: 11).

רֹאשׁ

prop. er name • Page 603

Proper name of a Scythian people, mentioned in connexion with Meshech and Tubal, in the northern parts of Asia Minor (Ezek. 38: 2, 3. 39: 1). The Byzantine writers speak of a rude and savage people about the northern Taurus, called Pōs, (Russians?).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: χολῆσ θυμὸν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7219:

χολῆσ 4× (31.4%)

θυμὸν 2× (15.1%)

פתנים פְּתָנים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פתן

pethen

Definition

an asp (from its contortions)

Root

from an unused root meaning to twist;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to twist; an asp (from its contortions); adder.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6620

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פֶּתֶן

noun masculine • Root פתן • Strongs / High • Page 1207

an adder. prop. what stretches or extends itself. It has poison. Cannot be tamed (by charms), and stands as a figure of dangers arising from cunning.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פֶּתֶן

noun masculine • Page 560

adder, a species of poisonous serpent. Is. 11:8. Ps. 58:5. 91:13.

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἀσπίδων ἀσπίδοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6620:

ἀσπίδων 2× (29.9%)

ἀσπίδοσ 2× (29.9%)

אכזר אַכְזָר׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אכזר

ʼakzâr

Definition

violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave

Root

from an unused root (apparently meaning to act harshly);

Exhaustive

from an unused root (apparently meaning to act harshly); violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave; cruel, fierce.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H393

Fürst

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אַכְזָר

adjective • Strongs_Numbers • Page 42

horrible, wild

אַכְזָר

adjective • Root כזר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 123

1. bold, daring. 2. in a bad sense: cruel. 3. destructive, applied to poison.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַכְזָר

m. adj. • Page 48

1. daring, bold (Job 41:2). 2. hostile; substantively an enemy (Job 30:21). 3. cruel, unmerciful (Lam. 4:3). 4. destructive, pernicious, applied to poison (Deut. 32:33).

Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0393:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Their wine the wrath of dragons, And the fierce head of asps.

LITV Translation:
Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Their wine is the rage of serpents, And the incurable rage of asps.