Psalms 58:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The wicked are estranged{H8804)} from the womb: they go astray{H8804)} as soon as they be born, speaking{H8802)} lies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫אַף־בְּלֵב֮ עוֹלֹ֢ת תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן בָּאָ֡רֶץ חֲמַ֥ס יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗ם תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃‬

Transliteration

ʾap-bəlēb ʿôlōt tipʿālûn bāʾāreṣ ḥămas yədêkem təpallēsûn

Grammar Details

*ʾap*: particle/conjunction - also/indeed/even
*bəlēb*: preposition bet + masculine singular noun - in heart
*ʿôlōt*: feminine plural noun - iniquities/wickedness
*tipʿālûn*: qal 2mp imperfect + paragogic nun - you(plural) work/do/practice
*bāʾāreṣ*: preposition bet + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the land/earth
*ḥămas*: masculine singular noun - violence/wrong
*yədêkem*: feminine dual noun + 2mp suffix - your hands
*təpallēsûn*: piel 2mp imperfect + paragogic nun - you(plural) weigh out/make level

Word Meanings

*ʾap*: also/indeed/even/moreover
*ʿôlōt*: iniquities/wickedness/injustice
*tipʿālûn*: work/do/practice/perform
*ḥămas*: violence/wrong/injustice/cruelty
*təpallēsûn*: weigh out/balance/make level/dispense

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Referenced Verses

Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shapen{H8797)} in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive{H8765)} me.
Isa 48:8 : 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Isa 46:3 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Ps 22:10 : 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

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