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Forכִּיdogsכְּלָבִיםhave surrounded me;סְבָבוּנִיa communityעֲדַתof evildoersמְרֵעִיםhas encircled me;הִקִּיפוּנִיlike a lion,כָּאֲרִיmy handsיָדַיand my feet.וְרַגְלָי
Psalms 22:16
Study it in the app“For dogs have surrounded me; a community of evildoers has encircled me; like a lion, my hands and my feet.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 22:16, word by word
- dogsכְּלָבִיםkelavim
despicable
An insult: someone despicable.
Where else “kelavim” appears- have surrounded meסְבָבוּsevavu
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “sevavu” appears- a communityעֲדַתadat
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” appears- of evildoersמְרֵעִיםmereim
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “mereim” appears- has encircled meהִקִּיפוּhikifu
go around
To go around a city, or to enclose someone on every side.
Where else “hikifu” appears- like a lionאֲרִיari
General meaning: Dig.
Where else “ari” appears- my handsיָדַyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- and my feetרַגְלָragla
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragla” appears
Translation note
The last sentence reads thus in the Hebrew text we follow: “like a lion, my hands and my feet” (those who encircle him spring upon his hands and his feet). With a single different letter (כָּאֲרוּ instead of כָּאֲרִי) the same words read as a verb: “they pierced my hands and my feet.”
The context
15My strength has dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my palate; and in the dust of death you lay me.
16 · This verse (above)
17I count all my bones; they look, they gaze at me.