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The nationsגוֹיִםhave sunkטָבְעוּinto the pitבְּשַׁחַתthat they made;עָשׂוּin the netבְּרֶשֶׁתthatזוּthey hidטָמָנוּtheir footרַגְלָםhas been caught.נִלְכְּדָה
Psalms 9:15
Study it in the app“The nations have sunk into the pit that they made; in the net that they hid their foot has been caught.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 9:15, word by word
- The nationsגוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- have sunkטָבְעוּtavu
sink
To go to the bottom, to be sunk in water or mud.
Where else “tavu” appears- into the pitשַׁחַתshachat
pit
A dug hole, sometimes a trap.
Where else “shachat” appears- that they madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- in the netרֶשֶׁתreshet
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “reshet” appears- thatזוּzu
which
Joins a clause to what has just been named (in poetry).
Where else “zu” appears- they hidטָמָנוּtamanu
hide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “tamanu” appears- their footרַגְלָragla
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragla” appears- has been caughtנִלְכְּדָהnilkda
be snared
To be snared.
Where else “nilkda” appears
The context
14so that I may recount all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will be jubilant in your salvation.
15 · This verse (above)
16YHWH has made himself known; he has carried out judgment; in the work of his hands the wicked is ensnared. Higaion. Selah.