But the hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
was heavy
kabad (kaw-bad')
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weightybe rich, be (go) sore, stop.
upon them of Ashdod
'Ashdowdiy (ash-do-dee')
an Ashdodite (often collectively) or inhabitant of Asdod -- Ashdodites, of Ashdod.
and he destroyed
shamem (shaw-mame')
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
them and smote
nakah (naw-kaw')
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
them with emerods
tchor (tekh-ore')
a boil or ulcer (from the inflammation), especially a tumor in the anus or pudenda (the piles) -- emerod.
`ophel (o'-fel)
a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress -- emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.
even Ashdod
'Ashdowd (ash-dode')
ravager; Ashdod, a place in Palestine -- Ahdod.
and the coasts
gbuwl (gheb-ool')
a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed -- border, bound, coast, great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
thereof
