Psalms 37:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken{H8735)}.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַ֭רְבָּם תָּב֣וֹא בְלִבָּ֑ם וְ֝קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗ם תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה׃

Transliteration

Their ḥarbām will tābôʾ into their own libbām, and their qaššətôtām will tiššābarnâ.

Grammar Details

• *ḥarbām*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sword
• *tābôʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will enter
• *bəlibbām*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - into their heart
• *qaššətôtām*: feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their bows
• *tiššābarnâ*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will be broken

Word Meanings

• *tābôʾ bəlibbām*: will enter their own heart/will pierce their own heart
• *tiššābarnâ*: will be broken/will be shattered

Referenced Verses

• Ps 7:14-15 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
• Ps 35:8 : 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares{H8799)}; and let his net that he hath hid{H8804)} catch{H8799)} himself: into that very destruction let him fall{H8799)}.
• Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease{H8688)} unto the end of the earth; he breaketh{H8762)} the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder{H8765)}; he burneth{H8799)} the chariot in the fire.
• Ps 76:3-6 : 3 There brake{H8765)} he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious{H8737)} and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled{H8709)}, they have slept{H8804)} their sleep: and none of the men of might have found{H8804)} their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep{H8737)}.
• Isa 37:38 : 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
• Jer 51:56 : 56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
• Hos 1:5 : 5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
• Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
• Mic 5:6 : 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
• Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
• 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
• 1 Sam 31:4 : 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
• Esth 7:9-9 : 9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.