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The wickedרְשָׁעִיםhave laidנָתְנוּa snareפַּחfor me,לִיbut from your preceptsוּמִפִּקּוּדֶיךָI have notלֹאgone astray.תָעִיתִי
Psalms 119:110
Study it in the app“The wicked have laid a snare for me, but from your precepts I have not gone astray.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:110, word by word
- The wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- have laidנָתְנוּnatnu
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natnu” appears- a snareפַּחpach
snare
A bird trap; a hidden danger.
Where else “pach” appears- but from your preceptsפִּקּוּדֶיpikude
precepts
Precepts: what God has charged people to keep. It is used only in the plural and almost only in the Psalms.
Where else “pikude” appears- gone astrayתָעִיתִיtaiti
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “taiti” appears
The context
109My soul is in my palm continually, yet your instruction I have not forgotten.
110 · This verse (above)
111I have inherited your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.