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Forכִּיwithout causeחִנָּםthey hidטָמְנוּfor meלִיthe pitשַׁחַתof their net;רִשְׁתָּםwithout causeחִנָּםthey dug itחָפְרוּfor my soul.לְנַפְשִׁי
Psalms 35:7
Study it in the app“For without cause they hid for me the pit of their net; without cause they dug it for my soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 35:7, word by word
- without causeחִנָּםchinam
without cause
With no reason or guilt to justify it.
Where else “chinam” appears- they hidטָמְנוּtamnu
hide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “tamnu” appears- the pitשַׁחַתshachat
pit
A dug hole, sometimes a trap.
Where else “shachat” appears- of their netרִשְׁתָּrishta
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “rishta” appears- they dug itחָפְרוּchafru
dig
To make a well or a pit in the ground.
Where else “chafru” appears- for my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears
The context
6May their way be darkness and slippery places, and the angel of YHWH pursuing them.
7 · This verse (above)
8Let ruin come upon him that he does not know, and his net that he hid catch him; with ruin let him fall into it.