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Those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmy soulנַפְשִׁיlay snares,וַיְנַקְשׁוּand those who strive forוְדֹרְשֵׁיmy harmרָעָתִיspeakדִּבְּרוּcalamities,הַוּוֹתand deceitsוּמִרְמוֹתthey meditateיֶהְגּוּall the day.כָּל הַיּוֹם
Psalms 38:12
Study it in the app“Those who seek my soul lay snares, and those who strive for my harm speak calamities, and deceits they meditate all the day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 38:12, word by word
- Those who seekמְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshe
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- lay snaresיְנַקְשׁוּyenakshu
lay a snare
Secretly set something to catch someone.
Where else “yenakshu” appears- and those who strive forדֹרְשֵׁיdorshe
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “dorshe” appears- my harmרָעָתִraati
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raati” appears- speakדִּבְּרוּdibru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appears- calamitiesהַוּוֹתhauot
calamity
A disaster that destroys.
Where else “hauot” appears- and deceitsמִרְמוֹתmirmot
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirmot” appears- they meditateיֶהְגּוּyehgu
plot
To plot evil.
Where else “yehgu” appears- all the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
11Those who love me and my companions stand aloof from my plague, and my near ones stand far off.
12 · This verse (above)
13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear, and am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.