Psalms

Psalm 22:16

¹⁶For dogs surround me;

a band of evil men encircles me;

they have pierced my hands and feet.^d

Footnotes

d 22:16 DSS, LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac; most MT like a lion at my hands and feet

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
dogs	כְּלָ֫בִ֥ים	kə·lā·ḇîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3611 dog
surround me	סְבָב֗וּנִי	sə·ḇā·ḇū·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
a band	עֲדַ֣ת	‘ă·ḏaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5712 congregation
of evil men	מְ֭רֵעִים	mə·rê·‘îm	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H7489 be evil, bad
encircles me	הִקִּיפ֑וּנִי	hiq·qî·p̄ū·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H5362 strike off
they have pierced	כָּ֝אֲרִ֗י	kā·’ă·rî	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H738 lion
my hands	יָדַ֥י	yā·ḏay	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand
and feet	וְרַגְלָֽי׃	wə·raḡ·lāy	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular	H7272 foot

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.