Psalms 41:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־בָּ֤א לִרְא֨וֹת ׀ שָׁ֤וְא יְדַבֵּ֗ר לִבּ֗וֹ יִקְבָּץ־אָ֥וֶן ל֑וֹ יֵצֵ֖א לַח֣וּץ יְדַבֵּֽר׃

Transliteration

and-if-bāʾ lirʾôt šāwʾ yədabbēr libbô yiqbāṣ-ʾāwen to-him yēṣēʾ to-the-ḥûṣ yədabbēr

Grammar Details

*bāʾ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - with prefixed 'wə-ʾim' conjunction ('and if') - he comes
*lirʾôt*: verb, Qal infinitive construct with prefixed 'lə' preposition - to see
*šāwʾ*: noun, masculine singular - falsehood/emptiness
*yədabbēr*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he speaks
*libbô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his heart
*yiqbāṣ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he gathers
*ʾāwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness
to-him: preposition 'lə' with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
*yēṣēʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he goes out
*ḥûṣ*: noun, masculine singular - with prefixed 'la' preposition ('to') - outside

Word Meanings

*bāʾ*: comes/enters/arrives
*lirʾôt*: to see/observe/visit
*šāwʾ*: falsehood/emptiness/vanity/worthlessness
*yədabbēr*: speaks/talks/declares
*libbô*: his heart/mind/inner self
*yiqbāṣ*: gathers/collects/amasses
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow
*yēṣēʾ*: goes out/goes forth/departs
*ḥûṣ*: outside/street/abroad

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Ps 56:5-6 : 5 All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Prov 16:28 : 28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Prov 26:20 : 20 For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
Matt 22:15 : 15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in [his] talk.
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.
Rom 1:29 : 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, {G4202} wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

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