Psalm 106:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Therefore He saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶר
(vai·yo·mer)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
that He would destroyלְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם
(le·hash·mi·dam)
8045: to be exterminated or destroyeda prim. root
them, Had not Mosesמֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה
(mo·sheh)
4872: a great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiverfrom mashah
His chosenבְחִירֹ֗ו
(ve·chi·rov)
972: chosenfrom bachar
one stoodעָמַ֣ד
(a·mad)
5975: to take one's stand, standa prim. root
in the breachבַּפֶּ֣רֶץ
(bap·pe·retz)
6556: a bursting forth, breachfrom parats
beforeלְפָנָ֑יו
(le·fa·nav;)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
Him, To turn awayלְהָשִׁ֥יב
(le·ha·shiv)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
His wrathחֲ֝מָתֹ֗ו
(cha·ma·tov)
2534: heat, ragefrom yacham
from destroyingמֵֽהַשְׁחִֽית׃
(me·hash·chit.)
7843: perhaps to go to ruina prim. root
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KJV Lexicon
Therefore he said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
that he would destroy
shamad  (shaw-mad')
to desolate -- destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, utterly.
them had not
luwle'  (loo-lay')
if not -- except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.
Moses
Mosheh  (mo-sheh')
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver -- Moses.
his chosen
bachiyr  (baw-kheer')
select -- choose, chosen one, elect.
stood
`amad  (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
him in the breach
perets  (peh'-rets)
a break -- breach, breaking forth (in), forth, gap.
to turn away
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
his wrath
chemah  (khay-maw')
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) -- anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful).
lest he should destroy
shachath  (shaw-khath')
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r).
them
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

King James Bible
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He said He would have destroyed them-- if Moses His chosen one had not stood before Him in the breach to turn His wrath away from destroying them.

International Standard Version
He would have destroyed them but for Moses, his chosen one, who stood in the breach before him to avert his destructive wrath.

NET Bible
He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said that he would destroy them if Moses, his chosen, had not stood in the gap before him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God said he was going to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, stood in his way to prevent him from exterminating them.

King James 2000 Bible
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
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