Psalms 120:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים

Transliteration

ḥiṣṣê gibbôr šənûnîm ʿim gaḥălê rətāmîm

Grammar Details

• *ḥiṣṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - arrows of
• *gibbôr*: noun, masculine singular - mighty man/warrior
• *šənûnîm*: adjective, masculine plural - sharp
• *ʿim*: preposition - with
• *gaḥălê*: noun, masculine plural construct - coals of
• *rətāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - broom trees/juniper

Word Meanings

• *ḥiṣṣê gibbôr*: arrows of a warrior/mighty man's arrows
• *šənûnîm*: sharp/pointed/honed
• *gaḥălê rətāmîm*: coals of broom trees/juniper coals/burning coals of the broom plant

Referenced Verses

• Ps 45:5 : 5 Thine arrows are sharp{H8802)} in the heart of the king's enemies{H8802)}; whereby the people fall{H8799)} under thee.
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy{H8799)} thee for ever, he shall take thee away{H8799)}, and pluck thee out{H8799)} of thy dwelling place, and root thee out{H8765)} of the land of the living. Selah.
• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out{H8686)} with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear{H8802)}?
• Ps 140:9-9 : 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
• Prov 11:9 : 9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
• Prov 11:12 : 12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
• Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
• Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
• Prov 16:27 : 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
• Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
• Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
• Jas 3:5-8 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Deut 32:23-24 : 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
• Ps 7:13 : 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.