Psalms 35:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּבוֹאֵ֣הוּ שׁוֹאָה֮ לֹֽא־יֵ֫דָ֥ע וְרִשְׁתּ֣וֹ אֲשֶׁר־טָמַ֣ן תִּלְכְּד֑וֹ בְּ֝שׁוֹאָ֗ה יִפָּל־בָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Təbôʾēhû šôʾāh lōʾ-yēdāʿ; wə-rištô ʾăšer-ṭāman tilkədô; bə-šôʾāh yippāl-bāh.

Grammar Details

• *Təbôʾēhû*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - may it come upon him
• *šôʾāh*: noun, feminine singular - destruction/calamity
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yēdāʿ*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knows
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *rištô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his net
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *ṭāman*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he hid
• *tilkədô*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - may it capture him
• *bə*: preposition - in/into
• *yippāl*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - may he fall
• *bāh*: preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in it

Word Meanings

• *Təbôʾēhû*: may it come upon him/let it come to him
• *šôʾāh*: destruction/devastation/ruin/calamity
• *yēdāʿ*: he knows/perceives/recognizes
• *rištô*: his net/trap
• *ṭāman*: hid/concealed/laid secretly
• *tilkədô*: may it capture/catch/seize him
• *yippāl*: may he fall/let him fall

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 {G1063} When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
• 1 Sam 18:17 : 17 And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
• 1 Sam 31:2-4 : 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
• 2 Sam 17:2-4 : 2 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, {H3027} and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only; 3 and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
• 2 Sam 18:14-15 : 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
• Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
• Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
• Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
• Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}
• Ps 64:7 : 7 But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
• Ps 141:9-9 : 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.
• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Isa 47:11 : 11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.
• Matt 27:3-5 : 3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it]. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare: