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The proudגֵאִיםhave hiddenטָמְנוּa snareפַּחfor me,לִיand cords;וַחֲבָלִיםthey have spreadפָּרְשׂוּa netרֶשֶׁתbesideלְיַדthe track;מַעְגָּלtrapsמֹקְשִׁיםthey have setשָׁתוּfor me.לִיSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 140:5
Study it in the app“The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net beside the track; traps they have set for me. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 140:5, word by word
- The proudגֵאִיםgeim
proud
Proud, haughty.
Where else “geim” appears- have hiddenטָמְנוּtamnu
hide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “tamnu” appears- a snareפַּחpach
snare
A bird trap; a hidden danger.
Where else “pach” appears- and cordsחֲבָלִיםchavalim
cord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chavalim” appears- they have spreadפָּרְשׂוּparsu
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “parsu” appears- a netרֶשֶׁתreshet
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “reshet” appears- besideיַדyad
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appears- the trackמַעְגָּלmagal
path
The path one follows, or one's way of life.
Where else “magal” appears- trapsמֹקְשִׁיםmokshim
snare
Snare, trap for hunting; whatever makes someone fall.
Where else “mokshim” appears- they have setשָׁתוּshatu
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “shatu” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
4Keep me, YHWH, from the hands of the wicked; from the man of violent deeds guard me, who have devised to thrust aside my steps.
5 · This verse (above)
6I said to YHWH, “My El are you; listen, YHWH, to the voice of my supplications.”