Psalms
Psalm 139:20
Footnotes
- c 139:20 Hebrew Your enemies take in vain or Your enemies bear up in vain; LXX Your enemies take Your cities in vain
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| who | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| speak of You | יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ | yō·mə·ru·ḵā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| deceitfully | לִמְזִמָּ֑ה | lim·zim·māh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H4209 purpose, discretion, device |
| Your enemies | עָרֶֽיךָ׃ | ‘ā·re·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6145 foe |
| take | נָשֻׂ֖א | nā·śu | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| in vain | לַשָּׁ֣וְא | laš·šāw | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7723 emptiness, vanity |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jude 1:15 · Exodus 20:7 · Psalm 74:18 · Isaiah 37:23 · Revelation 13:6 · Psalm 74:22–23 · Psalm 2:1–3 · Psalm 73:8–9 · Isaiah 37:28–29
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.