Psalms
Psalm 58:7–8
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.
Footnotes
- b 58:7 Or when they are trodden down, may they wither like grass
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.
Psalm 58:7
| 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 |
Psalm 58:8
| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 58:7 Joshua 7:5 · Psalm 112:10 · Joshua 2:9–11 · Isaiah 13:7 · Exodus 15:15 · Psalm 64:3
Psalm 58:8 Job 3:16 · Ecclesiastes 6:3 · Psalm 37:35–36 · James 1:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.