Psalms

Psalm 58:6–9

⁶O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths;

O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

⁷May they vanish

like water that runs off;

when they draw the bow,

may their arrows be blunted.^b

⁸Like a slug that dissolves in its slime,

like a woman’s stillborn child,

may they never see the sun.

⁹Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—

whether green or dry—

He will sweep them away.

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
O God	אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים	’ĕlō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
shatter	הֲרָס־	hă·rās-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2040 throw down, break or tear down
their teeth	שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ	šin·nê·mōw	Noun - cdc; third person masculine plural	H8127 tooth, ivory
in their mouths	בְּפִ֑ימוֹ	bə·p̄î·mōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6310 mouth
O LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
tear out	נְתֹ֣ץ׀	nə·ṯōṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5422 pull down, break down
the fangs	מַלְתְּע֥וֹת	mal·tə·‘ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4459 a grinder, back tooth
of the lions	כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים	kə·p̄î·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3715 young lion

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May they vanish	יִמָּאֲס֣וּ	yim·mā·’ă·sū	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3988 reject
like	כְמוֹ־	ḵə·mōw-	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
water	מַ֭יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
that runs off	יִתְהַלְּכוּ־	yiṯ·hal·lə·ḵū-	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
when they draw the bow	יִדְרֹ֥ךְ	yiḏ·rōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1869 tread, march
may their arrows	חִצּוֹ	ḥiṣ·ṣō	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2671 arrow
be blunted	יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃	yiṯ·mō·lā·lū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4135 circumcise

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Like	כְּמ֣וֹ	kə·mōw	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
a slug	שַׁ֭בְּלוּל	šab·bə·lûl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7642 snail
that dissolves	יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ	ya·hă·lōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in its slime	תֶּ֣מֶס	te·mes	Noun - masculine singular	H8557 melting (away)
like a woman’s	אֵ֝֗שֶׁת	’ê·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H802 woman, wife, female
stillborn child	נֵ֥פֶל	nê·p̄el	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5309 untimely birth, abortion
may they never	בַּל־	bal-	Adverb	H1077 not
see	חָ֥זוּ	ḥā·zū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2372 see, behold
the sun	שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃	šā·meš	Noun - common singular	H8121 sun

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Before	בְּטֶ֤רֶם	bə·ṭe·rem	Preposition-b; Adverb	H2962 not yet, ere, before that
your pots	סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣ם	sî·rō·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine plural	H5518 pot
can feel	יָבִ֣ינוּ	yā·ḇî·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H995 discern
thorns	אָטָ֑ד	’ā·ṭāḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H329 bramble, buck-thorn
whether green	חַ֥י	ḥay	Adjective - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
or	כְּמוֹ־	kə·mōw-	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
dry	חָ֝ר֗וֹן	ḥā·rō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H2740 (burning of) anger
He will sweep them away	יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃	yiś·‘ā·ren·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H8175 bristle