Psalms 17:11 Go deeper
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They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; (KJV)
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אַ֭שֻּׁרֵינוּ'A.shu.rei.nusteps our
Lemma: אַשֻּׁר (a.shur) · Strong's: H0838B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: step
Used 2 times. Also: Job 31:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0838B; TAHOT Psalms 17:11 word 1
עַתָּ֣ה'a.Tahnow
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT Psalms 17:11 word 2
עֵינֵיהֶ֥ם'ei.nei.Hemeyes their
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Psalms 17:11 word 3
יָ֝שִׁ֗יתוּya.Shi.tuthey set
Lemma: שִׁית (shit) · Strong's: H7896G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 30:40, Genesis 41:33, Exodus 10:1, Exodus 21:22, Exodus 21:30, Exodus 23:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7896G; TAHOT Psalms 17:11 word 4
לִנְט֥וֹתlin.Totto bend down
Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to stretch
Used 212 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 38:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5186; TAHOT Psalms 17:11 word 5
בָּאָֽרֶץ\׃ba.'A.retzon the ground
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: soil
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT Psalms 17:11 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They have tracked us down | → | אַשֻּׁר H0838B step |
| and now | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| surround us | → | H5437 |
| their eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| are set | → | שִׁית H7896G to set: make |
| to cast [us] | → | נָטָה H5186 to stretch |
| to the ground | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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