Psalms 9:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֥עַן אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה כָּֽל־תְּהִלָּ֫תֶ֥יךָ בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵ֥י בַת־צִיּ֑וֹן אָ֝גִ֗ילָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

So that I may sāpar all your tĕhillâ in the ša'ar of bat-ṣiyyôn; I will gîl in your yĕšû'â

Grammar Details

*sāpar*: piel imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - 'I may recount/declare'
*tĕhillâ*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your praises'
*ša'ar*: masculine plural construct - 'gates of'
*bat*: feminine singular construct - 'daughter of'
*ṣiyyôn*: proper noun - 'Zion'
*gîl*: qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - 'I will rejoice'
*yĕšû'â*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your salvation'

Word Meanings

*sāpar*: recount/tell/declare/proclaim
*tĕhillâ*: praise/adoration/thanksgiving
*ša'ar*: gates/entrances/public gathering places
*bat-ṣiyyôn*: Daughter of Zion (personification of Jerusalem's inhabitants)
*gîl*: rejoice/be joyful/exult
*yĕšû'â*: salvation/deliverance/victory/help

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps 35:8 : 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 37:15 : 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken{H8735)}.
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.
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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