Psalms 17:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.”

Psalms 17:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 17:48 words

HebrewMeaning

לִ/פְעֻלּ֣וֹתlipəʿulwōt

labourpronH6468

reward · wages · work

אָ֭דָםʾādām

man (meannounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

בִּ/דְבַ֣רbidəbar

wordpronH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

שְׂפָתֶ֑י/ךָśəpāteykā

bandnounH8193

bank · binding · border · brim ···

אֲנִ֥יʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

שָׁ֝מַ֗רְתִּיšāmarətiy

bewardverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

אָרְח֥וֹתʾārəḥwōt

mannernounH734

path · race · rank · traveller ···

פָּרִֽיץpāriyṣ

destroyernounH6530

ravenous · robber

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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