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ForכִּיI have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיthe whisperingדִּבַּתof many,רַבִּיםterrorמָגוֹרon every side,מִסָּבִיבwhen they conspireבְּהִוָּסְדָםtogetherיַחַדagainst me;עָלַיthey plotזָמָמוּto takeלָקַחַתmy soul.נַפְשִׁי
Psalms 31:13
Study it in the app“For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side, when they conspire together against me; they plot to take my soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 31:13, word by word
- I have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears- the whisperingדִּבַּתdibat
bad report
Bad report about someone; slander, gossip.
Where else “dibat” appears- of manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- terrorמָגוֹרmagor
terror
Terror: fear that surrounds someone on every side.
Where else “magor” appears- on every sideסָּבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- when they conspireהִוָּסְדָhivasda
conspire
To agree together to act, almost always against someone.
Where else “hivasda” appears- togetherיַחַדyachad
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appears- they plotזָמָמוּzamamu
plot
To intend harm against someone.
Where else “zamamu” appears- to takeקַחַתkachat
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “kachat” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears
Translation note
“Terror on every side”: an expression that Jeremiah repeats several times (for example, Jeremiah 20:10).
The context
12I have been forgotten like a dead man, out of the heart; I have become like a broken vessel.
13 · This verse (above)
14But I in you have trusted, YHWH; I have said, “You are my Elohim.”