Verse 9

{ "verseID": "Psalms.141.9", "source": "שָׁמְרֵ֗נִי מִ֣ידֵי פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃", "text": "*Šāmrēnî* from-hands-of *paḥ* they-*yāqəšû* for-me; and-*mōqəšôt* *pō'ălê* *'āwen* [workers of iniquity].", "grammar": { "*Šāmrēnî*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - keep me/guard me", "*paḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - trap/snare", "*yāqəšû*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they have set", "*mōqəšôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - snares/traps", "*pō'ălê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - workers/doers", "*'āwen*": "noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness/trouble" }, "variants": { "*Šāmrēnî*": "keep me/guard me/protect me", "*paḥ*": "trap/snare/bird trap", "*yāqəšû*": "they have set/laid/arranged", "*mōqəšôt*": "snares/traps/obstacles", "*pō'ălê*": "workers/doers/practitioners", "*'āwen*": "iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 140:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Psalms.140.5", "source": "שָׁמְרֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מִ֘ידֵ֤י רָשָׁ֗ע מֵאִ֣ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ לִדְח֥וֹת פְּעָמָֽי׃", "text": "*šāmrēnî* *YHWH* from-*yədê* *rāšāʿ* from-*ʾîš* *ḥămāsîm* *tinṣərēnî* *ʾăšer* *ḥāšəḇû* to-*diḥôt* *pəʿāmāy*", "grammar": { "*šāmrēnî*": "qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - keep/guard me", "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD", "*yədê*": "construct state of dual noun with prefixed preposition min (from) - hands of", "*rāšāʿ*": "masculine singular adjective/noun - wicked/evil person", "*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition min (from) - man", "*ḥămāsîm*": "masculine plural noun - violences/violent acts", "*tinṣərēnî*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - preserve/protect me", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which", "*ḥāšəḇû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they planned/devised", "*diḥôt*": "qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lamed (to) - to thrust away/trip", "*pəʿāmāy*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my steps/feet" }, "variants": { "*šāmrēnî*": "guard me/keep me/protect me", "*yədê*": "hands of/power of", "*rāšāʿ*": "wicked person/evil one/godless one", "*ʾîš*": "man/person", "*ḥămāsîm*": "violences/violent deeds/oppressions", "*tinṣərēnî*": "preserve me/protect me/guard me", "*ḥāšəḇû*": "they planned/they devised/they purposed", "*diḥôt*": "to overthrow/to trip/to push down", "*pəʿāmāy*": "my steps/my feet/my goings" } }
  • Ps 119:110 : 110 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.110", "source": "נָתְנ֬וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים פַּ֣ח לִ֑י וּ֝מִפִּקּוּדֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א תָעִֽיתִי׃", "text": "*nātənû* *rəšāʿîm* *paḥ* to-me and-from-*piqqûdêkā* not *tāʿîtî*", "grammar": { "*nātənû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have set/placed", "*rəšāʿîm*": "masculine plural adjective - wicked ones", "*paḥ*": "masculine singular noun - snare/trap", "*piqqûdêkā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts", "*tāʿîtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have strayed/wandered", "*lî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to/for me", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*mi-*": "preposition - from", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not" }, "variants": { "*nātənû*": "they have set/placed/put", "*rəšāʿîm*": "wicked ones/the wicked/evil people", "*paḥ*": "snare/trap/net", "*piqqûdêkā*": "your precepts/orders/commands", "*tāʿîtî*": "I have strayed/wandered/gone astray" } }
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Psalms.38.12", "source": "אֹֽהֲבַ֨י ׀ וְרֵעַ֗י מִנֶּ֣גֶד נִגְעִ֣י יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י מֵרָחֹ֥ק עָמָֽדוּ׃", "text": "*'ōhăḇay* and *rē'ay* from before *niḡ'î* *ya'ămōḏû* and *qərôḇay* from *rāḥōq* *'āmāḏû*", "grammar": { "*'ōhăḇay*": "plural participle with 1st person singular suffix - my lovers/friends", "*rē'ay*": "plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my companions", "*niḡ'î*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - my plague/wound", "*ya'ămōḏû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person plural - they stand", "*qərôḇay*": "plural adjective with 1st person singular suffix - my near ones/relatives", "*rāḥōq*": "adverb/noun - far away/distance", "*'āmāḏû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have stood" }, "variants": { "*'ōhăḇ*": "lover/friend/one who loves", "*rēa'*": "companion/friend/fellow", "*neḡa'*": "plague/wound/stroke", "*'āmaḏ*": "stand/remain/endure", "*qārôḇ*": "near one/relative/kinsman", "*rāḥōq*": "far/distant/remote" } }
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.142.3", "source": "אֶשְׁפֹּ֣ךְ לְפָנָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י צָ֝רָתִ֗י לְפָנָ֥יו אַגִּֽיד׃", "text": "*ʾEšpōk* before *pānāyw* *śîḥî*; *ṣārātî* before *pānāyw* *ʾaggîd*.", "grammar": { "*ʾEšpōk*": "1st person singular imperfect, qal - I pour out", "*lĕ*": "preposition - to/before", "*pānāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face", "*śîḥî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my complaint/meditation", "*ṣārātî*": "feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my distress/trouble", "*ʾaggîd*": "1st person singular imperfect, hiphil - I declare/tell" }, "variants": { "*ʾEšpōk*": "I pour out/I lay out", "*śîḥî*": "my complaint/my meditation/my concern/my prayer", "*ṣārātî*": "my distress/my trouble/my affliction", "*ʾaggîd*": "I declare/I tell/I make known" } }
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Proverbs.13.14", "source": "תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃", "text": "*tôrat ḥākām məqôr ḥayyîm lāsûr mimmōqəšê māwet*", "grammar": { "*tôrat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - instruction/law of", "*ḥākām*": "adjective, masculine singular - wise person", "*məqôr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - fountain/source of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - life", "*lāsûr*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to turn away from", "*mimmōqəšê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from snares of", "*māwet*": "noun, masculine singular - death" }, "variants": { "*tôrat*": "instruction/law/teaching", "*ḥākām*": "wise person/sage", "*məqôr*": "fountain/source/wellspring", "*ḥayyîm*": "life/living", "*lāsûr*": "to turn away from/to depart from", "*mōqəšê*": "snares/traps", "*māwet*": "death/mortality" } }
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.18.22", "source": "תִּשָּׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־תָבִ֧יא עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם גְּד֖וּד פִּתְאֹ֑ם כִּֽי־כָר֤וּ *שיחה **שׁוּחָה֙ לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי וּפַחִ֖ים טָמְנ֥וּ לְרַגְלָֽי׃", "text": "*Tiššāmaʿ* *zĕʿāqāh* from their houses when you *tābîʾ* upon them *gĕdûd* *pitʾōm*, for they *kārû* *šûḥāh* to *lĕlākdēnî*, and *paḥîm* they *ṭāmĕnû* for my feet", "grammar": { "*Tiššāmaʿ*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - let it be heard/will be heard", "*zĕʿāqāh*": "noun, feminine singular - outcry/cry", "*tābîʾ*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you bring", "*gĕdûd*": "noun, masculine singular - troop/band/raiding party", "*pitʾōm*": "adverb - suddenly", "*kārû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they dug", "*šûḥāh*": "noun, feminine singular - pit/trap", "*lĕlākdēnî*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - to capture me", "*paḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - snares/traps", "*ṭāmĕnû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they hid/concealed" }, "variants": { "*Tiššāmaʿ*": "let it be heard/will be heard", "*zĕʿāqāh*": "outcry/cry/scream", "*tābîʾ*": "you bring/cause to come", "*gĕdûd*": "troop/band/raiding party", "*pitʾōm*": "suddenly/unexpectedly", "*kārû*": "they dug/excavated", "*šûḥāh*": "pit/trap/snare", "*lĕlākdēnî*": "to capture me/catch me", "*paḥîm*": "snares/traps/nets", "*ṭāmĕnû*": "they hid/concealed/set" } }
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 { "verseID": "Luke.20.20", "source": "Καὶ παρατηρήσαντες, ἀπέστειλαν ἐγκαθέτους, ὑποκρινομένους ἑαυτοὺς δικαίους εἶναι, ἵνα ἐπιλάβωνται αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τὸ παραδοῦναι αὐτὸν τῇ ἀρχῇ καὶ τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος.", "text": "And *paratērēsantes*, they *apesteilan enkathetous*, *hypokrinomenous heautous dikaious einai*, that they might *epilabōntai* him of *logou*, into the *paradounai* him to the *archē* and the *exousia* of the *hēgemonos*.", "grammar": { "*paratērēsantes*": "aorist active participle, nominative, plural - having watched closely", "*apesteilan*": "aorist active, 3rd plural - they sent", "*enkathetous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - spies", "*hypokrinomenous*": "present middle participle, accusative, plural - pretending", "*heautous*": "accusative reflexive pronoun - themselves", "*dikaious*": "accusative, masculine, plural - righteous/just", "*einai*": "present infinitive - to be", "*epilabōntai*": "aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd plural - they might catch", "*logou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - word/statement", "*paradounai*": "aorist active infinitive - to deliver over", "*archē*": "dative, feminine, singular - rule/authority", "*exousia*": "dative, feminine, singular - authority/power", "*hēgemonos*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of the governor" }, "variants": { "*paratērēsantes*": "having watched closely/keeping a close watch/watching carefully", "*apesteilan*": "they sent/they dispatched", "*enkathetous*": "spies/informers/plants", "*hypokrinomenous heautous dikaious einai*": "pretending themselves to be righteous/feigning to be sincere", "*epilabōntai autou logou*": "catch him in word/trap him in speech", "*paradounai*": "to deliver over/to hand over/to betray", "*archē*": "rule/authority/domain", "*exousia*": "authority/power/jurisdiction", "*hēgemonos*": "governor/ruler/prefect" } }