Concerning my post on Ex 9:31 I wanted to bring up that the Strong’s Concordance says this word means:
H5221
to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill
(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten
(Pual) to be stricken or smitten
(Hiphil)
to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust
to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)
to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage
to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy
(Hophal) to be smitten
to receive a blow
to be wounded
to be beaten
to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain
to be attacked and captured
to be smitten (with disease)
to be blighted (of plants)
Strong’s leaves room for the barley to have been destroyed. I strongly disagree with James Strong here and in a few other places in his concordance.
Here is what the Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew says:
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Disable; strike blow.
The usage in Exodus 9:30 is a prime root meaning exactly the definition as given.
From this root the following words are formed: 1) striking 2) suffering 3) disabling 4) crippled 5) excluding
No destruction is mentioned.Updated Mar 10, 2018, 12:22 AM