Psalms 35:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said{H8804)}, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen{H8804)} it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּרְחִ֥יבוּ עָלַ֗י פִּ֫יהֶ֥ם אָ֭מְרוּ הֶאָ֣ח ׀ הֶאָ֑ח רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

Wa-yarḥîbû ʿālay pîhem; ʾāmərû heʾāḥ heʾāḥ, rāʾătāh ʿênênû.

Grammar Details

*Wa*: conjunction - and
*yarḥîbû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they opened wide
*ʿālay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - against me
*pîhem*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their mouth
*ʾāmərû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural - they said
*heʾāḥ*: interjection - aha
*rāʾătāh*: perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it has seen
*ʿênênû*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our eyes

Word Meanings

*yarḥîbû*: they opened wide/enlarged/made broad
*pîhem*: their mouth/speech
*ʾāmərû*: they said/spoke/declared
*heʾāḥ*: aha/ha-ha/exclamation of malicious joy
*rāʾătāh*: it has seen/beheld/observed
*ʿênênû*: our eyes/sight

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:13 : 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 40:15 : 15 Let them be desolate{H8799)} for a reward of their shame that say{H8802)} unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 70:3 : 3 Let them be turned back{H8799)} for a reward of their shame that say{H8802)}, Aha, aha.
Isa 9:12 : 12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Ps 54:7 : 7 For he hath delivered{H8689)} me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen{H8804)} his desire upon mine enemies{H8802)}.

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