Psalms 141:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּמ֤וֹ פֹלֵ֣חַ וּבֹקֵ֣עַ בָּאָ֑רֶץ נִפְזְר֥וּ עֲ֝צָמֵ֗ינוּ לְפִ֣י שְׁאֽוֹל׃

Transliteration

Like pōlēaḥ and-bōqēa' in-the-'āreṣ [earth], nipzərû 'ăṣāmênû [our bones] at-mouth-of šə'ôl.

Grammar Details

*pōlēaḥ*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - one who cleaves/splits
*bōqēa'*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - one who breaks open/cleaves
*'āreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land/ground
*nipzərû*: verb, niphal perfect 3rd person common plural - they are scattered
*'ăṣāmênû*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our bones
*šə'ôl*: noun, feminine singular - Sheol/grave/underworld

Word Meanings

*pōlēaḥ*: one who cleaves/splits/cuts
*bōqēa'*: one who breaks open/cleaves/splits
*'āreṣ*: earth/land/ground/territory
*nipzərû*: they are scattered/dispersed/spread
*'ăṣāmênû*: our bones/strength
*šə'ôl*: Sheol/grave/pit/underworld

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Referenced Verses

Ps 53:5 : 5 There were they in great fear{H8804)}, where no fear was: for God hath scattered{H8765)} the bones of him that encampeth{H8802)} against thee: thou hast put them to shame{H8689)}, because God hath despised{H8804)} them.
Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written , For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
2 Cor 1:9 : 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
Heb 11:37 : 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Rev 11:8-9 : 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
Ps 44:22 : 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed{H8795)} all the day long; we are counted{H8738)} as sheep for the slaughter.

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