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And with wordsוְדִבְרֵיof hatredשִׂנְאָהthey have surrounded me,סְבָבוּנִיand fought against meוַיִּלָּחֲמוּנִיwithout cause.חִנָּם
Psalms 109:3
Study it in the app“And with words of hatred they have surrounded me, and fought against me without cause.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:3, word by word
- And with wordsדִבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of hatredשִׂנְאָהsina
hatred
Hatred.
Where else “sina” appears- they have surrounded meסְבָבוּsevavu
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “sevavu” appears- and fought against meיִּלָּחֲמוּyilachamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachamu” appears- without causeחִנָּםchinam
without cause
With no reason or guilt to justify it.
Where else “chinam” appears
The context
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit they have opened against me; they have spoken with me with a tongue of falsehood.
3 · This verse (above)
4In return for my love they accuse me; but I, prayer.