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His sufferingעֲמָלוֹwill returnיָשׁוּבon his head,בְרֹאשׁוֹand on his crownוְעַל קָדְקֳדוֹwill come downיֵרֵדhis violence.חֲמָסוֹ
Psalms 7:16
Study it in the app“His suffering will return on his head, and on his crown will come down his violence.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 7:16, word by word
- His sufferingעֲמָלamal
suffering
Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.
Where else “amal” appears- will returnיָשׁוּבyashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appears- on his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- and on his crownקָדְקֳדkadkod
crown of the head
Crown of the head, the top of the head.
Where else “kadkod” appears- will come downיֵרֵדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- his violenceחֲמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears
Translation note
“His suffering”: the suffering he was preparing for others (v. 14).
The context
15He dug a pit and hollowed it out, and fell into the pit that he made.
16 · This verse (above)
17I will give thanks to YHWH according to his righteousness, and I will sing psalms to the name of YHWH Elyon.