Psalms 35:7

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{ "verseID": "Psalms.35.7", "source": "כִּֽי־חִנָּ֣ם טָֽמְנוּ־לִ֭י שַׁ֣חַת רִשְׁתָּ֑ם חִ֝נָּ֗ם חָפְר֥וּ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃", "text": "*Kî*-*ḥinnām* *ṭāmənû*-*lî* *šaḥat* *rištām*; *ḥinnām* *ḥāpərû* *lə*-*napšî*.", "grammar": { "*Kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḥinnām*": "adverb - without cause/for no reason", "*ṭāmənû*": "perfect, 3rd person common plural - they hid/concealed", "*lî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - for me", "*šaḥat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - pit of", "*rištām*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their net", "*ḥāpərû*": "perfect, 3rd person common plural - they dug", "*lə*": "preposition - for", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul" }, "variants": { "*ḥinnām*": "without cause/gratuitously/for no reason", "*ṭāmənû*": "hid/concealed/laid secretly", "*šaḥat*": "pit/trap/destruction", "*rištām*": "their net/trap", "*ḥāpərû*": "dug/excavated", "*napšî*": "soul/life/self/person" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־חִנָּ֣ם טָֽמְנוּ־לִ֭י שַׁ֣חַת רִשְׁתָּ֑ם חִ֝נָּ֗ם חָפְר֥וּ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

Kî-ḥinnām ṭāmənû-lî šaḥat rištām; ḥinnām ḥāpərû lə-napšî.

Grammar Details

• *Kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ḥinnām*: adverb - without cause/for no reason
• *ṭāmənû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural - they hid/concealed
• *lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - for me
• *šaḥat*: noun, feminine singular construct - pit of
• *rištām*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their net
• *ḥāpərû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural - they dug
• *lə*: preposition - for
• *napšî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul

Word Meanings

• *ḥinnām*: without cause/gratuitously/for no reason
• *ṭāmənû*: hid/concealed/laid secretly
• *šaḥat*: pit/trap/destruction
• *rištām*: their net/trap
• *ḥāpərû*: dug/excavated
• *napšî*: soul/life/self/person

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause, yee and made a pitte for my soule, which I neuer deserued.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit full of their nettes: without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For without cause have they hid for me their net `in' a pit; Without cause have they digged `a pit' for my soul.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:15 : 15 { "verseID": "Psalms.9.15", "source": "לְמַ֥עַן אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה כָּֽל־תְּהִלָּ֫תֶ֥יךָ בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵ֥י בַת־צִיּ֑וֹן אָ֝גִ֗ילָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃", "text": "So that I may *sāpar* all your *tĕhillâ* in the *ša'ar* of *bat*-*ṣiyyôn*; I will *gîl* in your *yĕšû'â*", "grammar": { "*sāpar*": "piel imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - 'I may recount/declare'", "*tĕhillâ*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your praises'", "*ša'ar*": "masculine plural construct - 'gates of'", "*bat*": "feminine singular construct - 'daughter of'", "*ṣiyyôn*": "proper noun - 'Zion'", "*gîl*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - 'I will rejoice'", "*yĕšû'â*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your salvation'" }, "variants": { "*sāpar*": "recount/tell/declare/proclaim", "*tĕhillâ*": "praise/adoration/thanksgiving", "*ša'ar*": "gates/entrances/public gathering places", "*bat-ṣiyyôn*": "Daughter of Zion (personification of Jerusalem's inhabitants)", "*gîl*": "rejoice/be joyful/exult", "*yĕšû'â*": "salvation/deliverance/victory/help" } }
• Job 18:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Job.18.8", "source": "כִּי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל־שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּךְ", "text": "*kî-šullaḥ bərešet bəraglāyw wəʿal-śəḇāḵāh yithalāḵ*", "grammar": { "*kî-šullaḥ*": "conjunction + Pual perfect, 3rd masculine singular - for he is cast", "*bərešet*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - into a net", "*bəraglāyw*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - by his feet", "*wəʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - and upon", "*śəḇāḵāh*": "noun, feminine singular - lattice/network", "*yithalāḵ*": "Hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he walks about" }, "variants": { "*kî-šullaḥ*": "for he is cast/sent/thrown", "*bərešet*": "into a net/snare/trap", "*bəraglāyw*": "by his feet/legs", "*wəʿal-śəḇāḵāh*": "and upon a lattice/network/mesh", "*yithalāḵ*": "he walks about/wanders/paces" } }
• Ps 140:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Psalms.140.5", "source": "שָׁמְרֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מִ֘ידֵ֤י רָשָׁ֗ע מֵאִ֣ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ לִדְח֥וֹת פְּעָמָֽי׃", "text": "*šāmrēnî* *YHWH* from-*yədê* *rāšāʿ* from-*ʾîš* *ḥămāsîm* *tinṣərēnî* *ʾăšer* *ḥāšəḇû* to-*diḥôt* *pəʿāmāy*", "grammar": { "*šāmrēnî*": "qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - keep/guard me", "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD", "*yədê*": "construct state of dual noun with prefixed preposition min (from) - hands of", "*rāšāʿ*": "masculine singular adjective/noun - wicked/evil person", "*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition min (from) - man", "*ḥămāsîm*": "masculine plural noun - violences/violent acts", "*tinṣərēnî*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - preserve/protect me", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which", "*ḥāšəḇû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they planned/devised", "*diḥôt*": "qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lamed (to) - to thrust away/trip", "*pəʿāmāy*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my steps/feet" }, "variants": { "*šāmrēnî*": "guard me/keep me/protect me", "*yədê*": "hands of/power of", "*rāšāʿ*": "wicked person/evil one/godless one", "*ʾîš*": "man/person", "*ḥămāsîm*": "violences/violent deeds/oppressions", "*tinṣərēnî*": "preserve me/protect me/guard me", "*ḥāšəḇû*": "they planned/they devised/they purposed", "*diḥôt*": "to overthrow/to trip/to push down", "*pəʿāmāy*": "my steps/my feet/my goings" } }
• John 15:25 : 25 { "verseID": "John.15.25", "source": "Ἀλλʼ, ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν, ὅτι Ἐμίσησάν με δωρεάν.", "text": "*All', hina plērōthē ho logos ho gegrammenos en tō nomō autōn*, *hoti Emisēsan me dōrean*.", "grammar": { "*All'*": "conjunction - but", "*hina*": "conjunction - so that", "*plērōthē*": "aorist subjunctive, passive, third person singular - might be fulfilled", "*ho logos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the word", "*ho gegrammenos*": "perfect participle, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - which has been written", "*en tō nomō*": "preposition + dative - in the law", "*autōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural, pronoun - their/of them", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*Emisēsan*": "aorist indicative, active, third person plural - they hated", "*me*": "accusative, singular, first person pronoun - me", "*dōrean*": "adverb - without cause/freely" }, "variants": { "*plērōthē*": "might be fulfilled/might be accomplished/might come to pass", "*logos*": "word/saying/statement", "*gegrammenos*": "having been written/recorded/inscribed", "*nomō*": "law/code/regulation", "*Emisēsan*": "they hated/they detested/they rejected", "*dōrean*": "without cause/without reason/freely/gratuitously" } }
• Ps 7:3-5 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.7.3", "source": "פֶּן־יִטְרֹ֣ף כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י פֹּ֝רֵ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃", "text": "*pen*-*yiṭrōp* like-*ʾaryēh* *napshî* *pōrēq* *wəʾên* *maṣṣîl*", "grammar": { "*pen*": "conjunction - lest/otherwise", "*yiṭrōp*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will tear/rend", "*kəʾaryēh*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a lion", "*napshî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life", "*pōrēq*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - tearing/rending", "*wəʾên*": "conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no", "*maṣṣîl*": "verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular - deliverer/rescuer" }, "variants": { "*yiṭrōp*": "tear to pieces/rend/maul", "*napshî*": "my soul/my life/myself", "*pōrēq*": "tearing in pieces/breaking/crushing", "*maṣṣîl*": "deliverer/rescuer/one who saves" } } 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.7.4", "source": "יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי אִם־עָשִׂ֣יתִי זֹ֑את אִֽם־יֶשׁ־עָ֥וֶל בְּכַפָּֽי׃", "text": "*YHWH* *ʾĕlōhay* if-*ʿāśîtî* *zōʾt* if-there is-*ʿāwel* in-*kappāy*", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*ʾĕlōhay*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my God", "*ʾim-ʿāśîtî*": "conditional particle + verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - if I have done", "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*ʾim-yesh-ʿāwel*": "conditional particle + existential particle + noun, masculine singular - if there is iniquity", "*bəkappāy*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - in my hands/palms" }, "variants": { "*ʿāśîtî*": "done/made/committed", "*ʿāwel*": "iniquity/injustice/unrighteousness/wrong", "*kappāy*": "my hands/my palms (figurative for deeds/actions)" } } 5 { "verseID": "Psalms.7.5", "source": "אִם־גָּ֭מַלְתִּי שֽׁוֹלְמִ֥י רָ֑ע וָאֲחַלְּצָ֖ה צוֹרְרִ֣י רֵיקָֽם׃", "text": "if-*gāmaltî* *shôləmî* *rāʿ* *wāʾăḥalləṣāh* *ṣôrərî* *rêqām*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-gāmaltî*": "conditional particle + verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - if I have repaid/rewarded", "*shôləmî*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - one at peace with me/my friend", "*rāʿ*": "noun/adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad", "*wāʾăḥalləṣāh*": "conjunction + verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular with paragogic he - and I have despoiled/plundered", "*ṣôrərî*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my adversary/enemy", "*rêqām*": "adverb - emptily/without cause" }, "variants": { "*gāmaltî*": "repaid/rewarded/dealt/treated", "*shôləmî*": "one at peace with me/my ally/my friend", "*rāʿ*": "evil/harm/wickedness", "*ʾăḥalləṣāh*": "despoiled/plundered/stripped/rescued", "*ṣôrərî*": "my adversary/my enemy/one who shows hostility to me", "*rêqām*": "emptily/without cause/for nothing" } }
• Ps 25:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.25.3", "source": "גַּ֣ם כָּל־ק֭וֹיֶךָ לֹ֣א יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ יֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ הַבּוֹגְדִ֥ים רֵיקָֽם", "text": "*gam kol-qôyêḵā* not *yēḇōšû* *yēḇōšû haḇḇôgĕdîm rêqām*", "grammar": { "*gam*": "adverb - 'also/indeed/moreover'", "*kol-qôyêḵā*": "noun construct + participle, Qal masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'all who wait for you'", "*yēḇōšû*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will be ashamed'", "*haḇḇôgĕdîm*": "definite article + participle, Qal masculine plural - 'the ones acting treacherously'", "*rêqām*": "adverb - 'emptily/without cause'" }, "variants": { "*qôyêḵā*": "those who wait for you/hope in you/expect you", "*yēḇōšû*": "be ashamed/be disappointed/be confounded", "*haḇḇôgĕdîm*": "the treacherous ones/the betrayers/the unfaithful", "*rêqām*": "without cause/in vain/emptily" } }
• Ps 64:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.64.4", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַחֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם דָּרְכ֥וּ חִ֝צָּ֗ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר׃", "text": "*ʾăšer* *šānənû* like-the-*ḥereb* *ləšônām* *dārəḵû* *ḥiṣṣām* *dābār* *mār*", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who", "*šānənû*": "perfect verb, 3rd person plural - they have sharpened", "*ḥereb*": "feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition kaf (like/as) - sword", "*ləšônām*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their tongue", "*dārəḵû*": "perfect verb, 3rd person plural - they have bent/drawn", "*ḥiṣṣām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their arrow", "*dābār*": "masculine singular noun - word/thing", "*mār*": "masculine singular adjective - bitter" }, "variants": { "*šānənû*": "sharpened/whetted", "*dārəḵû*": "bent/drawn/aimed/strung", "*dābār*": "word/speech/thing/matter", "*mār*": "bitter/painful/poisonous" } }
• Ps 69:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Psalms.69.4", "source": "יָגַ֣עְתִּי בְקָרְאִי֮ נִחַ֢ר גְּר֫וֹנִ֥י כָּל֥וּ עֵינַ֑י מְ֝יַחֵ֗ל לֵאלֹהָֽי׃", "text": "*yāga'tî* in-*qārĕ'î* *niḥar* *gĕrônî* *kālû* *'ênay* *mĕyaḥēl* to-*'ĕlōhāy*", "grammar": { "*yāga'tî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I am weary", "*qārĕ'î*": "Qal infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bĕ - in my calling", "*niḥar*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it is parched/dried", "*gĕrônî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my throat", "*kālû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are consumed/spent", "*'ênay*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes", "*mĕyaḥēl*": "Piel participle, masculine singular - waiting/hoping", "*'ĕlōhāy*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition lĕ - for my God" }, "variants": { "*yāga'tî*": "I am weary/I am exhausted", "*niḥar*": "is parched/dried/inflamed", "*gĕrônî*": "my throat/my neck", "*kālû*": "they fail/they are consumed/they are spent", "*mĕyaḥēl*": "waiting/hoping/expecting", "*'ĕlōhāy*": "my God" } }
• Ps 119:85 : 85 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.85", "source": "כָּֽרוּ־לִ֣י זֵדִ֣ים שִׁיח֑וֹת אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר לֹ֣א כְתוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃", "text": "Have dug *kārû* for me *lî* the insolent *zēḏîm* pits *šîḥôṯ*; which *ʾăšer* are not *lōʾ* according to your law *ḵəṯôrāṯêḵā*.", "grammar": { "*kārû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they have dug", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - for me", "*zēḏîm*": "adjective masculine plural - insolent/proud ones", "*šîḥôṯ*": "noun feminine plural - pits", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/who/that", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ḵəṯôrāṯêḵā*": "preposition + noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - according to your law" }, "variants": { "*kārû*": "have dug/have excavated", "*zēḏîm*": "proud/insolent/arrogant ones", "*šîḥôṯ*": "pits/traps/snares", "*ḵəṯôrāṯêḵā*": "according to your law/like your teaching/in conformity with your instruction" } }