Psalms 58:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 58:510 words

HebrewMeaning

חֲמַתḥămat

venomnounH2534

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

לָ֗/מוֹlāmwō

pron

כִּ/דְמ֥וּתkidəmwt

is like the likeness ofpronH1823

like (-ness · as) · manner · similitude

חֲמַתḥămat

the venom ofnounH2534

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

נָחָ֑שׁnāḥāš

a snakenounH5175

כְּמוֹkəmwō

likepronH3644

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

פֶ֥תֶןpeten

a cobranounH6620

חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁḥērēš

deafadjH2795

יַאְטֵ֥םyaʾəṭēm

which it shutsverbH331

shut · stop

אָזְנֽ/וֹʾāzənwō

ear itsnounH241

advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···

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.

Church Fathers on Psalms 58:5

1. The words which we have sung must be rather hearkened to by us, than proclaimed. For to all men as it were in an assemblage of mankind, the Truth cries, “If truly indeed justice ye speak, judge right things, you sons of men” Psalm 57:1. For to what unjust man is it not an easy thing to speak justice? Or what man if questioned about justice, when he has not a cause, would not easily answer what is just? Inasmuch as the hand of our Maker in our very hearts has written this…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 58 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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