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He dugכָּרָהa pitבּוֹרand hollowed it out,וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּand fellוַיִּפֹּלinto the pitבְּשַׁחַתthat he made.יִפְעָל
Psalms 7:15
Study it in the app“He dug a pit and hollowed it out, and fell into the pit that he made.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 7:15, word by word
- He dugכָּרָהkara
dig
To dig a well or a grave.
Where else “kara” appears- a pitבּוֹרbor
cistern
A hole dug to hold water.
Where else “bor” appears- and hollowed it outיַּחְפְּרֵyachpre
dig
To make a well or a pit in the ground.
Where else “yachpre” appears- and fellיִּפֹּלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- into the pitשַׁחַתshachat
pit
A dug hole, sometimes a trap.
Where else “shachat” appears- that he madeיִפְעָלyifal
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “yifal” appears
The context
14Look, he conceives wickedness, becomes pregnant with suffering, and gives birth to a lie.
15 · This verse (above)
16His suffering will return on his head, and on his crown will come down his violence.