Psalms 10:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵשֵׁ֤ב ׀ בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

yēšēb bĕmaʾrab ḥăṣērîm bammistārîm yaharōg nāqî ʿênāyw lĕḥēlkāh yiṣpōnû

Grammar Details

*yēšēb*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he sits/dwells
*bĕmaʾrab*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in ambush of
*ḥăṣērîm*: noun masculine plural - villages/settlements
*bammistārîm*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine plural - in the hiding places
*yaharōg*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he kills/slays
*nāqî*: adjective masculine singular - innocent
*ʿênāyw*: noun dual + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eyes
*lĕḥēlkāh*: preposition + adjective feminine singular - for unfortunate/unhappy
*yiṣpōnû*: qal imperfect 3rd person plural - they lurk/lie in wait

Word Meanings

*yēšēb*: sit/dwell/remain
*maʾrab*: ambush/hiding place/lurking place
*ḥāṣēr*: village/settlement/court
*mistārîm*: hiding places/secret places
*yaharōg*: kill/slay/murder
*nāqî*: innocent/free from guilt
*ʿayin*: eye/spring/appearance
*ḥēlkāh*: unfortunate/unhappy people/victims
*yiṣpōnû*: lurk/hide/lie in wait

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hab 3:14 : 14 Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Luke 8:1 : 1 And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through {G2596} cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve,
Luke 10:1 : 1 Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, {G2532} and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither {G3757} he himself was about to come.
1 Sam 22:18 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
1 Sam 23:23 : 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
Ps 17:11 : 11 They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
Ps 94:6 : 6 They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Prov 6:12-13 : 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; 13 That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

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