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As for the headרֹאשׁof those who surround me,מְסִבָּיmay the troubleעֲמַלof their lipsשְׂפָתֵימוֹcover them.יְכַסֵּמוֹ
Psalms 140:9
Study it in the app“As for the head of those who surround me, may the trouble of their lips cover them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 140:9, word by word
- As for the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- of those who surround meמְסִבָּmesiba
around
On every side; those all about.
Where else “mesiba” appears- may the troubleעֲמַלamal
suffering
Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.
Where else “amal” appears- of their lipsשְׂפָתֵיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” appears- cover themיְכַסֵּyechase
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “yechase” appears
The context
8Do not grant, YHWH, the desires of the wicked; his intrigue do not further; they would exalt themselves. Selah.
9 · This verse (above)
10May coals fall upon them; may he make them fall into the fire, into deep pits; may they not rise.