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ButוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםshoots themיֹּרֵםwith an arrow;חֵץsuddenlyפִּתְאוֹםtheir woundsמַכּוֹתָםcome.הָיוּ
Psalms 64:7
Study it in the app“But Elohim shoots them with an arrow; suddenly their wounds come.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 64:7, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- shoots themיֹּרֵyore
shoot
To loose arrows from a bow and wound with them.
Where else “yore” appears- with an arrowחֵץchets
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chets” appears- suddenlyפִּתְאוֹםpitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “pitom” appears- their woundsמַכּוֹתָmakota
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “makota” appears- comeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew the verbs of verses 7 to 9 are in the past; it can be understood that the psalmist takes for granted what Elohim will do.
The context
6They search out injustices: “We have completed a thoroughly searched-out plan.” And the inward part of each one and the heart are deep.
7 · This verse (above)
8And their own tongue makes them stumble against themselves; all who see them shake their heads.