Psalms 7:5

With the Hebrew beneath

Psalms 7:5, word by word

let the enemyאוֹיֵבoyev

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

Where else “oyev” appears

pursueיִרַדֹּףyiradof

pursue

To go after someone to catch them.

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my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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and overtake itיַשֵּׂגyaseg

overtake

To reach someone who is ahead.

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and trampleיִרְמֹסyirmos

trample

Tread, trample with the feet: the potter's clay, grapes, or a person or thing crushed under those passing by. In 2 Kings 7:17, 20 the people, rushing out through the gate, trample the officer and he dies.

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my lifeחַיָּchaya

life

The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.

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to the groundאָרֶץarets

ground

What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.

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and make my honor dwellכְבוֹדִchevodi

honor

Literally "weight": respect, good name; or one's inner self.

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and make my honor dwellיַשְׁכֵּןyashken

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

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in the dustעָפָרafar

dust

Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.

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Selahסֶלָהsela

Selah

Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.

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The context