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But at my stumblingוּבְצַלְעִיthey were gladשָׂמְחוּand gathered;וְנֶאֱסָפוּthey gatheredנֶאֶסְפוּagainst me,עָלַיattackers,נֵכִיםand I did notוְלֹאknow it;יָדַעְתִּיthey toreקָרְעוּand did notוְלֹאkeep silent.דָמּוּ
Psalms 35:15
Study it in the app“But at my stumbling they were glad and gathered; they gathered against me, attackers, and I did not know it; they tore and did not keep silent.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 35:15, word by word
- But at my stumblingצַלְעִtsali
stumbling, fall
A stumbling, a fall: the false step of one who limps.
Where else “tsali” appears- they were gladשָׂמְחוּsamchu
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “samchu” appears- and gatheredנֶאֱסָפוּneesafu
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesafu” appears- attackersנֵכִיםnechim
smiter (?)
One who strikes: an attacker. A rare word whose sense is not fully certain.
Where else “nechim” appears- know itיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- they toreקָרְעוּkaru
tear away
To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.
Where else “karu” appears- keep silentדָמּוּdamu
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “damu” appears
The context
14As for a companion, as for a brother of mine I went about; as one who weeps for a mother, in mourning I bowed low.
15 · This verse (above)
16Like the godless who mock for a cake, they gnashed at me their teeth.