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whoאֲשֶׁרhave sharpenedשָׁנְנוּlike a swordכַחֶרֶבtheir tongue;לְשׁוֹנָםthey have drawnדָּרְכוּtheir arrow,חִצָּםa bitterמָרword,דָּבָר
Psalms 64:3
Study it in the app“who have sharpened like a sword their tongue; they have drawn their arrow, a bitter word,”
The psalmist suffers from wrongdoers whose tongues are sharp as swordsThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 64:3, word by word
- have sharpenedשָׁנְנוּshannu
sharpen
To hone a sword, arrows, or the tongue.
Where else “shannu” appears- like a swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- their tongueלְשׁוֹנָleshona
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshona” appears- they have drawnדָּרְכוּdarchu
bend a bow
To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.
Where else “darchu” appears- their arrowחִצָּchitsa
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chitsa” appears- a bitterמָרmar
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
2Hide me from the intimate counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who work wickedness,
3 · This verse (above)
4to shoot from hiding places at the blameless; suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.