Psalms 73:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Surely thou didst set{H8799)} them in slippery places: thou castedst them down{H8689)} into destruction.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מוֹ הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

Akh bachalaqot tashit lamo; hippaltam lemashu'ot.

Grammar Details

*Akh*: adverb - surely
*bachalaqot*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - in slippery places
*tashit*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you set/place
*lamo*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them
*hippaltam*: verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you cause them to fall
*lemashu'ot*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - to ruins/desolations

Word Meanings

*akh*: surely/only/nevertheless
*chalaqot*: slippery places/smoothness/flattery
*shit*: set/place/put
*lamo*: to them/for them (poetic form)
*hipil*: cause to fall/throw down
*mashu'ot*: ruins/desolations/destruction

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 35:6 : 6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies{H8802)} of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume{H8804)}; into smoke shall they consume away{H8804)}.
Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down{H8714)}: for the LORD upholdeth{H8802)} him with his hand.
Ps 37:35-38 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading{H8693)} himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought{H8762)} him, but he could not be found{H8738)}. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold{H8798)} the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed{H8738)} together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:
Ps 94:23 : 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Jer 23:12 : 12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
2 Thess 1:9 : 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

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