Psalms 7:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֥ה יְחַבֶּל־אָ֑וֶן וְהָרָ֥ה עָ֝מָ֗ל וְיָ֣לַד שָֽׁקֶר׃

Transliteration

behold yəḥabbel-ʾāwen wəhārāh ʿāmāl wəyālad shāqer

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
*yəḥabbel-ʾāwen*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - he conceives iniquity
*wəhārāh*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he has conceived
*ʿāmāl*: noun, masculine singular - trouble/mischief
*wəyālad*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he has brought forth
*shāqer*: noun, masculine singular - falsehood/lie

Word Meanings

*yəḥabbel*: conceives/brings forth/travails with
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow
*hārāh*: conceived/become pregnant with
*ʿāmāl*: trouble/mischief/toil/labor
*yālad*: brought forth/given birth to/begotten
*shāqer*: falsehood/lie/deception

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 4:8 : 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul. 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 119:85 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Ps 141:10 : 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Eccl 10:8-9 : 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Ps 140:9-9 : 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
Ps 94:13 : 13 That thou mayest give him rest{H8687)} from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged{H8735)} for the wicked.
Job 6:27 : 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Ps 10:2 : 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.
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