Psalms 64:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַחֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם דָּרְכ֥וּ חִ֝צָּ֗ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר׃

Transliteration

ʾăšer šānənû like-the-ḥereb ləšônām dārəḵû ḥiṣṣām dābār mār

Grammar Details

*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
*šānənû*: perfect verb, 3rd person plural - they have sharpened
*ḥereb*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition kaf (like/as) - sword
*ləšônām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their tongue
*dārəḵû*: perfect verb, 3rd person plural - they have bent/drawn
*ḥiṣṣām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their arrow
*dābār*: masculine singular noun - word/thing
*mār*: masculine singular adjective - bitter

Word Meanings

*šānənû*: sharpened/whetted
*dārəḵû*: bent/drawn/aimed/strung
*dābār*: word/speech/thing/matter
*mār*: bitter/painful/poisonous

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 55:19 : 19 God shall hear{H8799)}, and afflict{H8799)} them, even he that abideth{H8802)} of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear{H8804)} not God.
Ps 59:3-4 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait{H8804)} for my soul: the mighty are gathered{H8799)} against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. 4 They run{H8799)} and prepare{H8709)} themselves without my fault: awake{H8798)} to help{H8800)} me, and behold{H8798)}.
Ps 64:7 : 7 But God shall shoot{H8686)} at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Hab 3:14 : 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
John 19:6 : 6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
1 Sam 18:11 : 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
1 Sam 19:10 : 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
2 Sam 15:14 : 14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
Neh 4:11 : 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Ps 11:2 : 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

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2Hide{H8686)} me from the secret counsel of the wicked{H8688)}; from the insurrection of the workers{H8802)} of iniquity:
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Ps 83:3
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Ps 35:4
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