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Psalms 140:11
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Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
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Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
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I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
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Verse Text
Let not an evil speakerH376 H3956 be establishedH3559 in the earthH776: evilH7451 shall huntH6679 the violentH2555 manH376 to overthrowH4073 him.
[יָמִיטוּ כ] (יִמֹּוטוּ ק) עֲלֵיהֶם גֶּחָלִים בָּאֵשׁ יַפִּלֵם בְּמַהֲמֹרֹות בַּל־יָקוּמוּ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ימיטו |
môwṭ | H4131 | HVhj3mp | |
עֲלֵי/הֶ֗ם |
'a.lei./Hem | H5921 | HR/Sp3mp | on/ them |
גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים |
ge.Cha.Lim | H1513 | HNcbpa | burning coals |
בָּ/אֵ֥שׁ |
ba./'Esh | H784 | HRd/Ncbsa | in the/ fire |
יַפִּלֵ֑/ם |
ya.pi.Le/m | H5307 | HVhi3ms/Sp3mp | let someone make fall/ them |
בְּ֝/מַהֲמֹר֗וֹת |
be./ma.ha.mo.Rot | H4113 | HR/Ncfpa | in/ pits |
בַּֽל |
bal- | H1077 | HTn | (which) not |
יָקֽוּמוּ |
ya.Ku.mu | H6965 | HVqi3mp | they will arise |
- H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
- H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- H2555 — חָמָס (châmâç, khaw-mawce'): from חָמַס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
- H3559 — כּוּן (kûwn, koon): a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
- H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from לָשַׁן; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
- H4073 — מְדַחְפָה (mᵉdachphâh, med-akh-faw'): from דָּחַף; a push, i.e. ruin; overthrow.
- H6679 — צוּד (tsûwd, tsood): a primitive root; also denominative from צַיִד; to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey); chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).
- H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
- H1077 — בַּל (bal, bal): from בָּלָה; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest; lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.
- H1513 — גֶּחֶל (gechel, geh'-khel): or (feminine) גַּחֶלֶת; from an unused root meaning to glow or kindle; an ember; (burning) coal.
- H4113 — מַהֲמֹרָה (mahămôrâh, mah-ham-o-raw'): from an unused root of uncertain meaning; perhaps an abyss; deep pit.
- H4131 — מוֹט (môwṭ, mote): a primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall; be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
- H5307 — נָפַל (nâphal, naw-fal'): a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
- H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
- H6965 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- an evil speaker — Psalms 12:3-4, Proverbs 6:17, Proverbs 12:13, Proverbs 17:20, Proverbs 18:21
- evil — Psalms 7:14-16, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 34:21, Proverbs 13:21, Isaiah 3:11
Reciprocal references (16): Genesis 6:11, Numbers 32:23, 1 Samuel 24:11, 2 Samuel 22:3, Job 11:2, Psalms 18:48, Psalms 25:19, Psalms 32:10, Psalms 120:4, Psalms 140:1, Proverbs 13:6, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Lamentations 4:18, Ephesians 4:31, Titus 3:2, James 4:11
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: SIN-SAVIOUR
- Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, SPEAKING
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