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Let them dissolveיִמָּאֲסוּlikeכְמוֹwaterמַיִםthat flows away;יִתְהַלְּכוּ לָמוֹwhen he drawsיִדְרֹךְhis arrows,חִצָּיוlet them be as if blunted.כְּמוֹ יִתְמֹלָלוּ
Psalms 58:7
Study it in the app“Let them dissolve like water that flows away; when he draws his arrows, let them be as if blunted.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 58:7, word by word
- Let them dissolveיִמָּאֲסוּyimaasu
dissolve
To melt or run, like skin that oozes or water that drains away.
Where else “yimaasu” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- that flows awayיִתְהַלְּכוּyithalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “yithalchu” appears- when he drawsיִדְרֹךְyidroch
bend a bow
To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.
Where else “yidroch” appears- his arrowsחִצָּיchitsay
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chitsay” appears- let them be as if bluntedיִתְמֹלָלוּyitmolalu
cut down
To strike down and destroy an enemy, cutting him as a branch is cut.
Where else “yitmolalu” appears
Translation note
The second sentence is difficult in Hebrew; the probable sense is that their arrows would be left without points and do no harm.
The context
6Elohim, tear down their teeth in their mouth; the molars of the young lions break, YHWH.
7 · This verse (above)
8Like a snail that melts away as it goes, like the stillborn of a woman, let them not see the sun.