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They haveלָמוֹvenomחֲמַתlikeכִּדְמוּתthe venomחֲמַתof a serpent,נָחָשׁlikeכְּמוֹa deafחֵרֵשׁcobraפֶתֶןthat stopsיַאְטֵםits ear,אָזְנוֹ
Psalms 58:4
Study it in the app“They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 58:4, word by word
- venomחֲמַתchamat
venom
The venom of serpents, which burns inside.
Where else “chamat” appears- likeדְמוּתdemut
likeness
Likeness, resemblance; form, model; "like". It goes with "image": the human being was made to be like God in some way and to represent him, without being equal to him.
Where else “demut” appears- of a serpentנָחָשׁnachash
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears- a deafחֵרֵשׁcheresh
deaf
Deaf.
Where else “cheresh” appears- cobraפֶתֶןfeten
cobra, asp
A viper, a poisonous snake.
Where else “feten” appears- that stopsיַאְטֵםyatem
close, shut
Close, stop up (the lips, the ears). Of a window, to be closed or narrowed inward; its exact sense in 1 Kings 6:4 is uncertain.
Where else “yatem” appears- its earאָזְנazn
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azn” appears
The context
3The wicked have turned aside from the womb; they have gone astray from the belly, those who speak lies.
4 · This verse (above)
5that does not listen to the voice of charmers, of one who binds spells skillfully.