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They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. (KJV)

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סַבּ֤וּנִיsa.Bu.nithey surrounded me

Lemma: סָבַב (sa.vav) · Strong's: H5437H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to turn: surround

Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 19:4, Exodus 39:6, Exodus 39:13, Numbers 21:4, Deuteronomy 2:1, Deuteronomy 2:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5437H; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 1

כִדְבוֹרִ֗יםkhid.vo.Rimlike bees

Lemma: דְּבוֹרָה (de.vo.rah) · Strong's: H1682

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: bee

Used 4 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:44, Judges 14:8, Isaiah 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1682; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 2

דֹּ֭עֲכוּDo.'a.khuthey were extinguished

Lemma: דָּעַךְ (da.akh) · Strong's: H1846

Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVPp3cp)

Meaning: to put out

Used 9 times. Also: Job 6:17, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Job 21:17, Proverbs 13:9, Proverbs 20:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1846; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 3

כְּאֵ֣שׁke.'Eshlike a fire of

Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: fire

Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 4

קוֹצִ֑יםko.Tzimthorns

Lemma: קוֹץ (qots) · Strong's: H6975

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: thorn

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 3:18, Exodus 22:6, Judges 8:7, Judges 8:16, 2 Samuel 23:6, Isaiah 32:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6975; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 5

בְּשֵׁ֥םbe.Shemin [the] name of

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 6

יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 7

כִּ֣יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 8

אֲמִילַֽם\׃'a.mi.LamI fended off them

Lemma: מוּל (mul) · Strong's: H4135A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

Meaning: to circumcise

Used 35 times. Also: Genesis 17:10, Genesis 17:11, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4135A; TAHOT Psalms 118:12 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

They swarmed around me	→	סָבַב H5437H to turn: surround
like bees	→	דְּבוֹרָה H1682 bee
[but] they were extinguished	→	דָּעַךְ H1846 to put out
like burning	→	אֵשׁ H0784 fire
thorns	→	קוֹץ H6975 thorn
in the name	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
of the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
I cut them off	→	מוּל H4135A to circumcise

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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