Verse 18

{ "verseID": "Psalms.73.18", "source": "אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מוֹ הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃", "text": "*Akh bachalaqot tashit lamo*; *hippaltam lemashu'ot*.", "grammar": { "*Akh*": "adverb - surely", "*bachalaqot*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural - in slippery places", "*tashit*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you set/place", "*lamo*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them", "*hippaltam*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you cause them to fall", "*lemashu'ot*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural - to ruins/desolations" }, "variants": { "*akh*": "surely/only/nevertheless", "*chalaqot*": "slippery places/smoothness/flattery", "*shit*": "set/place/put", "*lamo*": "to them/for them (poetic form)", "*hipil*": "cause to fall/throw down", "*mashu'ot*": "ruins/desolations/destruction" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.35.6", "source": "יְֽהִי־דַרְכָּ֗ם חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ יְ֝הוָ֗ה רֹדְפָֽם׃", "text": "*Yəhî*-*darkām* *ḥōšek* *wa*-*ḥălaqlaqqôt*; *û*-*malʾak* *Yahweh* *rōdəpām*.", "grammar": { "*Yəhî*": "imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - let it be", "*darkām*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their way", "*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*wa*": "conjunction - and", "*ḥălaqlaqqôt*": "noun, feminine plural - slippery places", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*malʾak*": "noun, masculine singular construct - angel/messenger of", "*Yahweh*": "divine name", "*rōdəpām*": "participle, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - pursuing them" }, "variants": { "*darkām*": "way/path/journey", "*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity", "*ḥălaqlaqqôt*": "slippery places/slipperiness", "*malʾak*": "angel/messenger/envoy", "*rōdəpām*": "pursuing/chasing/persecuting them" } }
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Psalms.37.20", "source": "כִּ֤י רְשָׁעִ֨ים ׀ יֹאבֵ֗דוּ וְאֹיְבֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה כִּיקַ֣ר כָּרִ֑ים כָּל֖וּ בֶעָשָׁ֣ן כָּֽלוּ׃", "text": "For *rəšāʿîm* will *yōʾbēdû*, and *ʾōyəbê YHWH* [are] like *yəqar kārîm*; they *kālû* in *ʿāšān*, they *kālû*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*rəšāʿîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones", "*yōʾbēdû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will perish", "*ʾōyəbê*": "Qal participle, masculine plural construct - enemies of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh", "*kîqar*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - like the precious part of", "*kārîm*": "masculine plural noun - pastures/meadows/fat lambs", "*kālû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are consumed/vanish", "*beʿāšān*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - in smoke" }, "variants": { "*yōʾbēdû*": "will perish/will be destroyed/will vanish", "*ʾōyəbê*": "enemies of/adversaries of", "*kîqar kārîm*": "like the precious part of pastures/like the glory of meadows/like fat of lambs", "*kālû*": "are consumed/vanish/come to an end", "*beʿāšān*": "in smoke/as smoke" } }
  • Ps 37:24 : 24 { "verseID": "Psalms.37.24", "source": "כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל לֹֽא־יוּטָ֑ל כִּֽי־יְ֝הוָ֗ה סוֹמֵ֥ךְ יָדֽוֹ׃", "text": "Though he *yippōl* he will not *yûṭāl*, for *YHWH sômēk* his *yādô*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - though/when/if", "*yippōl*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he falls", "*lōʾ*": "particle of negation - not", "*yûṭāl*": "Hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be cast down", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh", "*sômēk*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - supporting/upholding", "*yādô*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hand" }, "variants": { "*kî-yippōl*": "though he falls/when he falls/if he falls", "*yûṭāl*": "will be cast down/will be hurled down/will be utterly cast down", "*sômēk yādô*": "upholds his hand/supports his hand/sustains him by the hand" } }
  • Ps 37:35-38 : 35 { "verseID": "Psalms.37.35", "source": "רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃", "text": "I have *rāʾîtî rāšāʿ ʿārîṣ*, and *mitʿāreh* like *ʾezrāḥ raʿănān*.", "grammar": { "*rāʾîtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have seen", "*rāšāʿ*": "masculine singular adjective/noun - wicked person", "*ʿārîṣ*": "masculine singular adjective - ruthless/terrifying/powerful", "*mitʿāreh*": "Hithpael participle, masculine singular - spreading himself", "*ʾezrāḥ*": "masculine singular noun - native tree/native", "*raʿănān*": "masculine singular adjective - luxuriant/flourishing" }, "variants": { "*rāšāʿ ʿārîṣ*": "ruthless wicked person/terrifying evil one/powerful evildoer", "*mitʿāreh*": "spreading himself/flourishing/extending", "*ʾezrāḥ raʿănān*": "luxuriant native tree/flourishing green tree/leafy indigenous plant" } } 36 { "verseID": "Psalms.37.36", "source": "וַ֭יּֽ͏ַעֲבֹר וְהִנֵּ֣ה אֵינֶ֑נּוּ וָֽ֝אֲבַקְשֵׁ֗הוּ וְלֹ֣א נִמְצָֽא׃", "text": "Yet he *wayyaʿăbōr* and *hinnēh* he was *ʾênenû*; and I *wāʾăbaqšēhû* and he was not *nimṣāʾ*.", "grammar": { "*wayyaʿăbōr*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect (consecutive), 3rd person masculine singular - and he passed away/vanished", "*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/indeed", "*ʾênenû*": "particle of negation + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he was not", "*wāʾăbaqšēhû*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect (consecutive), 1st person singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and I sought him", "*lōʾ*": "particle of negation - not", "*nimṣāʾ*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he was found" }, "variants": { "*wayyaʿăbōr*": "passed away/vanished/moved on", "*wāʾăbaqšēhû*": "I sought him/I searched for him", "*lōʾ nimṣāʾ*": "was not found/could not be found" } } 37 { "verseID": "Psalms.37.37", "source": "שְׁמָר־תָּ֭ם וּרְאֵ֣ה יָשָׁ֑ר כִּֽי־אַחֲרִ֖ית לְאִ֣ישׁ שָׁלֽוֹם׃", "text": "Mark [the] *tām* and see [the] *yāšār*, for [the] *ʾaḥărît* for *ʾîš* [is] *šālôm*.", "grammar": { "*šəmār*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - mark/observe", "*tām*": "masculine singular adjective - blameless/complete person", "*rəʾēh*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - see/observe", "*yāšār*": "masculine singular adjective - upright person", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʾaḥărît*": "feminine singular noun - end/future/outcome", "*ləʾîš*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - for man/person", "*šālôm*": "masculine singular noun - peace/well-being" }, "variants": { "*tām*": "blameless person/complete one/person of integrity", "*yāšār*": "upright person/straight one/honest person", "*ʾaḥărît*": "end/future/final outcome", "*ʾîš šālôm*": "man of peace/peaceful person" } } 38 { "verseID": "Psalms.37.38", "source": "וּֽ֭פֹשְׁעִים נִשְׁמְד֣וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו אַחֲרִ֖ית רְשָׁעִ֣ים נִכְרָֽתָה׃", "text": "But *pōšəʿîm nišmədû* together; [the] *ʾaḥărît rəšāʿîm* [is] *nikrātâ*.", "grammar": { "*pōšəʿîm*": "Qal participle, masculine plural - transgressors/rebels", "*nišmədû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are destroyed", "*yaḥdāw*": "adverb - together/all at once", "*ʾaḥărît*": "feminine singular construct - end/future of", "*rəšāʿîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones", "*nikrātâ*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it is cut off" }, "variants": { "*pōšəʿîm*": "transgressors/rebels/law-breakers", "*nišmədû*": "are destroyed/are wiped out/are laid waste", "*ʾaḥărît rəšāʿîm nikrātâ*": "the future of the wicked is cut off/the posterity of evildoers is destroyed" } }
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 { "verseID": "Psalms.55.23", "source": "הַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עַל־יְהוָ֨ה ׀ יְהָבְךָ֮ וְה֢וּא יְכַ֫לְכְּלֶ֥ךָ לֹא־יִתֵּ֖ן לְעוֹלָ֥ם מ֗וֹט לַצַּדִּֽיק׃", "text": "*hašlēk* upon *YHWH yəhābəkā* and he *yəkalkelekā*; not *yittēn* forever *môṭ* for the *ṣaddîq*", "grammar": { "*hašlēk*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - cast", "*YHWH*": "proper divine name with prefixed preposition ʿal (upon) - upon Yahweh", "*yəhābəkā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your burden", "*wəhûʾ*": "waw conjunction with 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - and he", "*yəkalkelekā*": "pilpel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will sustain you", "*yittēn*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will give/allow", "*ləʿôlām*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition lamed (for) - forever", "*môṭ*": "masculine singular noun - tottering/falling", "*ṣaddîq*": "masculine singular adjective with prefixed preposition lamed (for) - for the righteous" }, "variants": { "*hašlēk*": "cast/throw/fling", "*YHWH*": "Yahweh/LORD", "*yəhābəkā*": "your burden/what he has given you/your lot", "*yəkalkelekā*": "he will sustain you/he will provide for you/he will maintain you", "*yittēn*": "he will give/he will allow/he will permit", "*ləʿôlām*": "forever/eternally", "*môṭ*": "tottering/falling/being moved", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous person/just one" } }
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.92.7", "source": "אִֽישׁ־בַּ֭עַר לֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע וּ֝כְסִ֗יל לֹא־יָבִ֥ין אֶת־זֹֽאת׃", "text": "*ʾîš*-*baʿar* not *yēdāʿ* and *kesîl* not *yābîn* *ʾet*-*zōʾt*.", "grammar": { "*ʾîš*-*baʿar*": "noun masculine singular construct + noun masculine singular - man of brutishness/foolish man", "not": "negative particle lōʾ - not", "*yēdāʿ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he knows", "and": "conjunction wə- - and", "*kesîl*": "noun masculine singular absolute - fool", "not": "negative particle lōʾ - not", "*yābîn*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he understands", "*ʾet*-*zōʾt*": "direct object marker + demonstrative feminine singular - this" }, "variants": { "*ʾîš*-*baʿar*": "brutish man/stupid person/senseless person", "*yēdāʿ*": "he knows/he perceives/he understands", "*kesîl*": "fool/stupid person/dullard", "*yābîn*": "he understands/he comprehends/he perceives", "*zōʾt*": "this/this thing" } }
  • Ps 94:23 : 23 { "verseID": "Psalms.94.23", "source": "וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ אֶת־אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ", "text": "*wayyāšeb* upon-them *ʾet*-*ʾônām* *û-bərāʿātām* *yaṣmîtēm* *yaṣmîtēm* *YHWH* *ʾĕlōhênû*", "grammar": { "*wayyāšeb*": "conjunction + verb, hiphil, imperfect, consecutive, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he will return", "*ʿălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd person, masculine, plural pronominal suffix - upon them", "*ʾet-ʾônām*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, plural pronominal suffix - their iniquity", "*û-bərāʿātām*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, plural pronominal suffix - and in their evil", "*yaṣmîtēm*": "verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, plural pronominal suffix - he will destroy them", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*ʾĕlōhênû*": "noun, masculine, plural + 1st person, plural pronominal suffix - our God" }, "variants": { "*yāšeb*": "will return/will bring back/will repay", "*ʾônām*": "their iniquity/their wickedness", "*rāʿātām*": "their evil/their wickedness", "*yaṣmîtēm*": "will destroy them/will annihilate them/will cut them off", "*ʾĕlōhênû*": "our God/our deity" } }
  • Jer 23:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.23.12", "source": "לָכֵן יִהְיֶה דַרְכָּם לָהֶם כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת בָּאֲפֵלָה יִדַּחוּ וְנָפְלוּ בָהּ כִּי־אָבִיא עֲלֵיהֶם רָעָה שְׁנַת פְּקֻדָּתָם נְאֻם־יְהוָה", "text": "*Lākēn* *yihyeh* *darkām* *lāhem* *kaḥălaqlaqqôt* *bāʾăp̄ēlâ* *yiddaḥû* *wənāp̄əlû* *bāh* *kî*-*ʾābîʾ* *ʿălêhem* *rāʿâ* *šənat* *pəquddātām* *nəʾum*-*YHWH*", "grammar": { "*Lākēn*": "adverb - therefore/consequently", "*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will be", "*darkām*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their way", "*lāhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them", "*kaḥălaqlaqqôt*": "preposition + feminine plural noun - like slippery places", "*bāʾăp̄ēlâ*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the darkness", "*yiddaḥû*": "niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be driven/thrust", "*wənāp̄əlû*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person common plural - and they will fall", "*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in it", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʾābîʾ*": "hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will bring", "*ʿălêhem*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - upon them", "*rāʿâ*": "feminine singular noun - evil/calamity", "*šənat*": "feminine singular construct - year of", "*pəquddātām*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their visitation/punishment", "*nəʾum*": "construct state - declaration/utterance of", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD" }, "variants": { "*ḥălaqlaqqôt*": "slippery places/slippery ways", "*ʾăp̄ēlâ*": "darkness/gloom/thick darkness", "*yiddaḥû*": "be driven/be thrust/be banished", "*rāʿâ*": "evil/calamity/disaster", "*pəquddātām*": "their visitation/their punishment/their reckoning" } }
  • 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 { "verseID": "2 Thessalonians.1.9", "source": "Οἵτινες δίκην τίσουσιν ὄλεθρον αἰώνιον ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ·", "text": "Who *dikēn* *tisousin* *olethron* *aiōnion* from *prosōpou* of the *Kyriou*, and from the *doxēs* of the *ischyos* of him;", "grammar": { "*Hoitines*": "nominative, masculine, plural, relative pronoun - who/whoever", "*dikēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - penalty/punishment", "*tisousin*": "future indicative, active, 3rd person, plural - they will pay/suffer", "*olethron*": "accusative, masculine, singular - in apposition to *dikēn*", "*aiōnion*": "accusative, masculine, singular - eternal/everlasting", "ἀπὸ *prosōpou*": "preposition + genitive, neuter, singular - from presence/face", "*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - possessive", "ἀπὸ τῆς *doxēs*": "preposition + genitive, feminine, singular - from the glory", "*ischyos*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of might/strength", "αὐτοῦ": "genitive, masculine, singular - possessive" }, "variants": { "*Hoitines*": "who/whoever/which ones", "*dikēn*": "penalty/punishment/vengeance", "*tisousin*": "will pay/suffer/undergo", "*olethron*": "destruction/ruin/perdition", "*aiōnion*": "eternal/everlasting/age-lasting", "*prosōpou*": "face/presence/person", "*Kyriou*": "Lord/master/owner", "*doxēs*": "glory/splendor/radiance", "*ischyos*": "might/strength/power" } }
  • Deut 32:35 : 35 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.35", "source": "לִ֤י נָקָם֙ וְשִׁלֵּ֔ם לְעֵ֖ת תָּמ֣וּט רַגְלָ֑ם כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם אֵידָ֔ם וְחָ֖שׁ עֲתִדֹ֥ת לָֽמוֹ׃", "text": "To-me *nāqām* and-*šillēm*, for-time *tāmûṭ* *raḡlām*; for *qārôḇ* *yôm* *ʾêḏām*, and-*ḥāš* *ʿăṯiḏōṯ* for-them.", "grammar": { "*lî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me", "*nāqām*": "noun, masculine, singular - vengeance", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*šillēm*": "noun, masculine, singular - recompense/retribution", "*lə*": "preposition - for/at", "*ʿêṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - time of", "*tāmûṭ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - slips/wavers", "*raḡlām*": "noun, feminine, singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their foot", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*qārôḇ*": "adjective, masculine, singular - near/imminent", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - day of", "*ʾêḏām*": "noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their calamity", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ḥāš*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - hastens/hurries", "*ʿăṯiḏōṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural - things prepared/destined events", "*lāmô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them/to them" }, "variants": { "*nāqām*": "vengeance/revenge", "*šillēm*": "recompense/retribution/repayment", "*tāmûṭ*": "slips/wavers/totters", "*raḡlām*": "their foot/their step", "*qārôḇ*": "near/imminent/at hand", "*yôm*": "day/time", "*ʾêḏām*": "their calamity/disaster/doom", "*ḥāš*": "hastens/hurries/rushes", "*ʿăṯiḏōṯ*": "things prepared/destined events/what is ready" } }