Psalms

Psalm 48:4–7

⁴For behold, the kings assembled;

they all advanced together.

⁵They saw and were astounded;

they fled in terror.

⁶Trembling seized them there,

anguish like a woman in labor.

⁷With a wind from the east

You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.^b

Footnotes

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
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
behold	הִנֵּ֣ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
the kings	הַ֭מְּלָכִים	ham·mə·lā·ḵîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4428 king
assembled	נֽוֹעֲד֑וּ	nō·w·‘ă·ḏū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3259 appoint
they all advanced	עָבְר֥וּ	‘ā·ḇə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
together	יַחְדָּֽו׃	yaḥ·dāw	Adverb	H3162 unitedness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They	הֵ֣מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
saw	רָ֭אוּ	rā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7200 see
and	כֵּ֣ן	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
were astounded	תָּמָ֑הוּ	tā·mā·hū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8539 be astounded, dumbfounded
they fled	נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃	neḥ·pā·zū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2648 be in trepidation, hurry, or alarm
in terror	נִבְהֲל֥וּ	niḇ·hă·lū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H926 alarm, dismay

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Trembling	רְ֭עָדָה	rə·‘ā·ḏāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7461 trembling
seized them	אֲחָזָ֣תַם	’ă·ḥā·zā·ṯam	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H270 grasp, take hold, take possession
there	שָׁ֑ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
anguish	חִ֝֗יל	ḥîl	Noun - masculine singular	H2427 a writhing, anguish
like a woman in labor	כַּיּוֹלֵֽדָה׃	kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh	Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
With a wind	בְּר֥וּחַ	bə·rū·aḥ	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
from the east	קָדִ֑ים	qā·ḏîm	Noun - masculine singular	H6921 East, east wind
You wrecked	תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗ר	tə·šab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
the ships	אֳנִיּ֥וֹת	’o·nî·yō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H591 a ship
of Tarshish	תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃	tar·šîš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8659 Tarshish