The sinחַטַּאתof their mouth isפִּימוֹthe wordדְּבַרof their lips;שְׂפָתֵימוֹlet them be caughtוְיִלָּכְדוּin their pride,בִגְאוֹנָםand for the imprecationוּמֵאָלָהand the lyingוּמִכַּחַשׁthat they recount.יְסַפֵּרוּ
Psalms 59:12
Study it in the app“The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips; let them be caught in their pride, and for the imprecation and the lying that they recount.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 59:12, word by word
- The sinחַטַּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- of their mouth isפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of their lipsשְׂפָתֵיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” appears- let them be caughtיִלָּכְדוּyilachdu
be snared
To be snared.
Where else “yilachdu” appears- in their prideגְאוֹנָgeona
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geona” appears- and for the imprecationאָלָהala
curse
Words of cursing.
Where else “ala” appears- and the lyingכַּחַשׁkachash
lie
A false word said with deceit to seem what one is not.
Where else “kachash” appears- that they recountיְסַפֵּרוּyesaperu
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “yesaperu” appears
The context
11Do not kill them, lest my people forget; make them wander by your power, and bring them down, our shield, Adonai.
12 · This verse (above)
13Make an end in fury, make an end, so that they are no more; and let them know that Elohim rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.