Psalms 120:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים

Transliteration

ḥiṣṣê gibbôr šənûnîm ʿim gaḥălê rətāmîm

Grammar Details

• *ḥiṣṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - arrows of
• *gibbôr*: noun, masculine singular - mighty man/warrior
• *šənûnîm*: adjective, masculine plural - sharp
• *ʿim*: preposition - with
• *gaḥălê*: noun, masculine plural construct - coals of
• *rətāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - broom trees/juniper

Word Meanings

• *ḥiṣṣê gibbôr*: arrows of a warrior/mighty man's arrows
• *šənûnîm*: sharp/pointed/honed
• *gaḥălê rətāmîm*: coals of broom trees/juniper coals/burning coals of the broom plant

Referenced Verses

• Ps 45:5 : 5 Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {H5542}
• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
• Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
• Ps 140:9-9 : 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise. 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
• Prov 11:9 : 9 With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.
• Prov 11:12 : 12 He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
• Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.
• Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
• Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
• Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
• Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
• Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
• Jas 3:5-8 : 5 None So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beasts and birds, {G5037} of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind. 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
• Deut 32:23-24 : 23 I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them: 24 [ They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
• Ps 7:13 : 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].