Psalms 22:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

סְ֭בָבוּנִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי׃

Transliteration

səbābûnî pārîm rabbîm ʾabbîrê bāšān kittərûnî

Grammar Details

• *səbābûnî*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular object suffix - 'they surrounded me'
• *pārîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'bulls'
• *rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - 'many'
• *ʾabbîrê*: adjective, masculine plural construct - 'mighty ones of'
• *bāšān*: proper noun - 'Bashan'
• *kittərûnî*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular object suffix - 'they encircled me'

Word Meanings

• *səbābûnî*: they surrounded/encircled/encompassed me
• *pārîm*: bulls/young bulls
• *ʾabbîrê*: mighty ones/strong ones/powerful ones of
• *kittərûnî*: they encircled/surrounded/encompassed me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 35:21 : 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
• Lam 2:16 : 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
• Lam 3:46 : 46 All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
• Ps 17:12 : 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
• Job 16:10 : 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
• Ps 7:2 : 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
• Ps 22:7 : 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
• Ps 22:21 : 21 Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
• Ps 35:17 : 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.
• Ezek 22:27-28 : 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [mortar], seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken.
• Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas; 4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
• Matt 26:59-65 : 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; 60 and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two, 61 and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 62 And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be watchful: {G3754} your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,