Psalms 58:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יִ֭שְׁמַע לְק֣וֹל מְלַחֲשִׁ֑ים חוֹבֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣ים מְחֻכָּֽם׃‬

Transliteration

ʾăšer lōʾ-yišmaʿ ləqôl məlaḥăšîm ḥôbēr ḥăbārîm məḥukkām

Grammar Details

*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*lōʾ*-*yišmaʿ*: negative particle + qal 3ms imperfect - he does not hear/listen
*ləqôl*: preposition lamed + masculine singular construct - to voice of
*məlaḥăšîm*: piel masculine plural participle - charmers/whisperers
*ḥôbēr*: qal masculine singular participle - binding/charming
*ḥăbārîm*: masculine plural noun - charms/spells
*məḥukkām*: pual masculine singular participle - skillful/wise one

Word Meanings

*yišmaʿ*: hear/listen/obey
*məlaḥăšîm*: charmers/whisperers/enchanters
*ḥôbēr*: one binding/charming/casting spells
*ḥăbārîm*: charms/spells/enchantments
*məḥukkām*: skillful/wise/cunning (one who is skilled)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Job 29:17 : 17 And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
Job 4:10-11 : 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Ps 10:15 : 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
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.
Ps 91:13 : 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
Isa 31:4 : 4 For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
Ezek 30:21-26 : 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong [arm], and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

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10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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