Psalms

Psalm 68:21

²¹Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies,

the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	אַךְ־	’aḵ-	Adverb	H389 surely
God	אֱלֹהִ֗ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
will crush	יִמְחַץ֮	yim·ḥaṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4272 smite through, wound severely, shatter
the heads	רֹ֤אשׁ	rōš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of His enemies	אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו	’ō·yə·ḇāw	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
the hairy	שֵׂעָ֑ר	śê·‘ār	Noun - masculine singular	H8181 hair
crowns	קָדְקֹ֥ד	qā·ḏə·qōḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6936 head, crown of head
of those who persist	מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ	miṯ·hal·lêḵ	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in guilty ways	בַּאֲשָׁמָֽיו׃	ba·’ă·šā·māw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H817 offence, guilt

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.