Psalms 62:3

“How long will you assail a man? Will you murder him, all of you, like a wall leaning, a fence pushed over?”

Psalms 62:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 62:3, word by word

How longאָנָהana

where to?

Where? To where?; "how long?"

Where else “ana” appears
will you assailתְּהוֹתְתוּtehottu

assail

To rush upon, to throw oneself against someone to attack him. It appears only once in the Bible.

Where else “tehottu” appears
a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
Will you murder himתְּרָצְּחוּteratschu

murder

To take someone's life unjustly.

Where else “teratschu” appears
like a wallקִירkir

wall

The wall of a house or a city.

Where else “kir” appears
leaningנָטוּיnatuy

turn aside

To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.

Where else “natuy” appears
a fenceגָּדֵרgader

wall

Wall, fence: a wall that surrounds a piece of ground.

Where else “gader” appears
pushed overדְּחוּיָהdechuya

push down

To thrust someone down hard, so that he falls and cannot rise.

Where else “dechuya” appears

The context

2Only he is my Rock and my salvation, my high refuge; I will not be greatly moved.

3 · This verse (above)

4Only from his height they have resolved to push him down; they delight in lies; with their mouth they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah.

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