Psalms 35:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְ֭קוּמוּן עֵדֵ֣י חָמָ֑ס אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃

Transliteration

Yəqûmûn ʿēdêy ḥāmās; ʾăšer lōʾ-yādaʿtî yišʾālûnî.

Grammar Details

*Yəqûmûn*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they arise
*ʿēdêy*: noun, masculine plural construct - witnesses of
*ḥāmās*: noun, masculine singular - violence
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yādaʿtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I knew
*yišʾālûnî*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they ask me

Word Meanings

*Yəqûmûn*: they arise/stand up/come forward
*ʿēdêy*: witnesses/testimonies
*ḥāmās*: violence/wrong/cruelty/injustice
*yādaʿtî*: I knew/recognized/was aware of
*yišʾālûnî*: they ask me/question me/inquire of me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
Matt 26:59-60 : 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,
Acts 6:13 : 13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak {G989} words against this holy place, and the law:
Acts 24:5-6 : 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6 who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:
Acts 24:12-13 : 12 and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city. 13 Neither can they prove {G3165} to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.
1 Sam 24:9 : 9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
1 Sam 25:10 : 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.

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