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Their fatחֶלְבָּמוֹthey have closed;סָּגְרוּwith their mouthפִּימוֹthey speakדִּבְּרוּwith arrogance.בְגֵאוּת
Psalms 17:10
Study it in the app“Their fat they have closed; with their mouth they speak with arrogance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 17:10, word by word
- Their fatחֶלְבָּchelba
fat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelba” appears- they have closedסָּגְרוּsagru
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “sagru” appears- with their mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- they speakדִּבְּרוּdibru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appears- with arroganceגֵאוּתgeut
pride
To think oneself great and speak or live haughtily.
Where else “geut” appears
Translation note
“Their fat they have closed”: a Hebrew image of the heart that has become insensitive, as if wrapped in fat.
The context
9from before the wicked who have devastated me, my deadly enemies, who encircle me.
10 · This verse (above)
11At our steps, now they have surrounded us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.