Psalms 16:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.”

Psalms 16:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 16:414 words

HebrewMeaning

יִרְבּ֥וּyirəbw

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

עַצְּבוֹתָ/ם֮ʿaṣəbwōtām

sorrownounH6094

wound

אַחֵ֪רʾaḥēr

other manadjH312

following · next · strange

מָ֫הָ֥רוּmāhārw

be carried headlongverbH4116

fearful · (cause to make · in · make) haste(-n ···

בַּלbal

lestparticleH1077

neither · no · none · not ···

אַסִּ֣יךְʾasiykə

coververbH5258

melt · offer · pour · set

נִסְכֵּי/הֶ֣םnisəkēyhem

covernounH5262

drink offering · molten image

מִ/דָּ֑םmidām

blood(-ypronH1818

-guiltiness · innocent

וּֽ/בַלwbal

lestconjH1077

neither · no · none · not ···

אֶשָּׂ֥אʾeśāʾ

acceptverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שְׁ֝מוֹתָ֗/םšəmwōtām

famenounH8034

base · named · renown · report

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

שְׂפָתָֽ/יśəpātāy

bandnounH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

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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