Deuteronomy 32:30
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Young's Literal Translation
How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not—that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?

King James Bible
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

Hebrew
How
אֵיכָ֞ה (’ê·ḵāh)
Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

could one man
אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

pursue
יִרְדֹּ֤ף (yir·dōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

a thousand,
אֶ֔לֶף (’e·lep̄)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 505: A thousand

or two
וּשְׁנַ֖יִם (ū·šə·na·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Number - md
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

put ten thousand
רְבָבָ֑ה (rə·ḇā·ḇāh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7233: Multitude, myriad, ten thousand

to flight,
יָנִ֣יסוּ (yā·nî·sū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away

unless
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

their Rock
צוּרָ֣ם (ṣū·rām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge

had sold them,
מְכָרָ֔ם (mə·ḵā·rām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4376: To sell

unless the LORD
וַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had given them up?
הִסְגִּירָֽם׃ (his·gî·rām)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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