Psalms 64:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְחַזְּקוּ־לָ֨מוֹ ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר רָ֗ע יְֽ֭סַפְּרוּ לִטְמ֣וֹן מוֹקְשִׁ֑ים אָ֝מְר֗וּ מִ֣י יִרְאֶה־לָּֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

yəḥazzəqû-to-them dābār rāʿ yəsappərû to-ṭəmôn môqəšîm ʾāmərû who yirʾeh-to-them

Grammar Details

*yəḥazzəqû*: imperfect verb, 3rd person plural with suffix - they strengthen
*dābār*: masculine singular noun - word/thing/matter
*rāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - evil
*yəsappərû*: imperfect verb, 3rd person plural - they tell/recount
*ṭəmôn*: infinitive construct verb with prefixed preposition lamed (to) - to hide
*môqəšîm*: masculine plural noun - snares/traps
*ʾāmərû*: perfect verb, 3rd person plural - they have said
*yirʾeh*: imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular with suffix - will see them

Word Meanings

*yəḥazzəqû*: strengthen/encourage/embolden
*dābār rāʿ*: evil matter/evil plan/evil word
*yəsappərû*: tell/recount/narrate/discuss
*môqəšîm*: snares/traps/nets

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 22:9 : 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
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.
Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
Ps 49:11 : 11 Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
Prov 20:5 : 5 Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
Dan 6:4-5 : 4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
John 18:29-30 : 29 Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.
John 19:7 : 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Wherefore judge {G5100} nothing before {G302} the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

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