Psalms 140:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.”

Psalms 140:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 140:49 words

HebrewMeaning

שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּšānănw

prickverbH8150

sharp · teach diligently · whet

לְשׁוֹנָ/ם֮ləšwōnām

baynounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

כְּֽמוֹkəmwō

according topronH3644

as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···

נָ֫חָ֥שׁnāḥāš

serpentnounH5175

חֲמַ֥תḥămat

angernounH2534

bottles · hot displeasure · furious(-ly · -ry) ···

עַכְשׁ֑וּבʿakəšwb

addernounH5919

תַּ֖חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

שְׂפָתֵ֣י/מוֹśəpātēymwō

bandnounH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

סֶֽלָהselāh

SelahparticleH5542

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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