Psalms 7:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לֹ֣א יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבּ֣וֹ יִלְט֑וֹשׁ קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ דָ֝רַ֗ךְ וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃

Transliteration

if-not yāshûb ḥarbô yilṭôsh qashtô dāraḵ wayḵônənehā

Grammar Details

*ʾim-lōʾ*: conditional particle + negative particle - if not
*yāshûb*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will turn/repent
*ḥarbô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sword
*yilṭôsh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will sharpen
*qashtô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bow
*dāraḵ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has bent/drawn
*wayḵônənehā*: conjunction + verb, polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and he has fixed it/prepared it

Word Meanings

*yāshûb*: will turn/will repent/will return
*yilṭôsh*: will sharpen/will whet
*dāraḵ*: bent/drawn/tread (a bow)
*wayḵônənehā*: has fixed it/prepared it/made it ready

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Referenced Verses

Ps 45:5 : 5 Thine arrows are sharp{H8802)} in the heart of the king's enemies{H8802)}; whereby the people fall{H8799)} under thee.
Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Ps 64:7 : 7 But God shall shoot{H8686)} at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Ps 144:6 : 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Lam 3:12-13 : 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Hab 3:13 : 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
2 Thess 1:6 : 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Rev 6:10 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Deut 32:23 : 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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.
Ps 18:14 : 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

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