Psalms 35:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּרְחִ֥יבוּ עָלַ֗י פִּ֫יהֶ֥ם אָ֭מְרוּ הֶאָ֣ח ׀ הֶאָ֑ח רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

Wa-yarḥîbû ʿālay pîhem; ʾāmərû heʾāḥ heʾāḥ, rāʾătāh ʿênênû.

Grammar Details

*Wa*: conjunction - and
*yarḥîbû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they opened wide
*ʿālay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - against me
*pîhem*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their mouth
*ʾāmərû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural - they said
*heʾāḥ*: interjection - aha
*rāʾătāh*: perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it has seen
*ʿênênû*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our eyes

Word Meanings

*yarḥîbû*: they opened wide/enlarged/made broad
*pîhem*: their mouth/speech
*ʾāmərû*: they said/spoke/declared
*heʾāḥ*: aha/ha-ha/exclamation of malicious joy
*rāʾătāh*: it has seen/beheld/observed
*ʿênênû*: our eyes/sight

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:13 : 13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 40:15 : 15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 70:3 : 3 Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
Isa 9:12 : 12 the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And when he {G3004} was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things; 54 laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
Ps 54:7 : 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; And mine eye hath seen [my desire] upon mine enemies.

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