Psalms 21:12 Go deeper
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Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. (KJV)
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כִּ֭יkifor
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 21:12 word 1
תְּשִׁיתֵ֣מוֹte.shi.Te.movyou will make them
Lemma: שִׁית (shit) · Strong's: H7896G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
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 21:12 word 2
שֶׁ֑כֶםShe.khema shoulder
Lemma: שְׁכֶם (she.khem) · Strong's: H7926
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: shoulder
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:45, Genesis 48:22, Genesis 49:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7926; TAHOT Psalms 21:12 word 3
בְּ֝מֵֽיתָרֶ֗יךָbe.mei.ta.Rei.khaon bowstrings your
Lemma: מֵיתָר (me.tar) · Strong's: H4340
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: cord
Used 9 times. Also: Exodus 35:18, Exodus 39:40, Numbers 3:26, Numbers 3:37, Numbers 4:26, Numbers 4:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4340; TAHOT Psalms 21:12 word 4
תְּכוֹנֵ֥ןte.kho.Nenyou will prepare
Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)
Meaning: to establish: prepare
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 43:16, Genesis 43:25, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 19:11, Exodus 19:15, Exodus 23:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3559A; TAHOT Psalms 21:12 word 5
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Psalms 21:12 word 6
פְּנֵיהֶֽם\׃pe.nei.Hemfaces their
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face
Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Psalms 21:12 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| You will put them to flight | → | שִׁית H7896G to set: make |
| . . . | → | שְׁכֶם H7926 shoulder |
| when Your bow | → | מֵיתָר H4340 cord |
| is trained | → | כּוּן H3559A to establish: prepare |
| upon | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| them | → | פָּנֶה H6440H face |
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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