Psalms 18:38 Go deeper
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I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. (KJV)
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אֶ֭מְחָצֵם'Em.cha.tzemI shattered them
Lemma: מָחַץ (ma.chats) · Strong's: H4272
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to wound
Used 14 times. Also: Numbers 24:8, Numbers 24:17, Deuteronomy 32:39, Deuteronomy 33:11, Judges 5:26, 2 Samuel 22:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4272; TAHOT Psalms 18:38 word 1
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Psalms 18:38 word 2
יֻ֣כְלוּYukh.luthey were able
Lemma: יָכֹל (ya.khol) · Strong's: H3201
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: be able
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 24:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3201; TAHOT Psalms 18:38 word 3
ק֑וּםKum[surely] to rise
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Psalms 18:38 word 4
יִ֝פְּל֗וּyi.pe.Luthey fell
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Psalms 18:38 word 5
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunder
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Psalms 18:38 word 6
רַגְלָֽי\׃rag.Laifeet my
Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: foot
Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Psalms 18:38 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I crushed them | → | מָחַץ H4272 to wound |
| so they could not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| . . . | → | יָכֹל H3201 be able |
| rise | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| they have fallen | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| under | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| my feet | → | רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot |
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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