Psalms 38:19 Go deeper

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. (KJV)

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וְֽ֭אֹיְבַיVe.'o.ye.vaiand enemies my

Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: enemy

Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT Psalms 38:19 word 1

חַיִּ֣יםchai.Yimlife

Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: alive

Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Psalms 38:19 word 2

עָצֵ֑מוּ'a.Tze.muthey are numerous

Lemma: עָצֹם (a.tsom) · Strong's: H6105A

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

Meaning: be vast

Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 26:16, Exodus 1:7, Exodus 1:20, Psalms 40:5, Psalms 40:12, Psalms 69:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6105A; TAHOT Psalms 38:19 word 3

וְרַבּ֖וּve.ra.Buand they are many

Lemma: רָבַב (ra.vav) · Strong's: H7231

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

Meaning: to multiply

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 6:1, Genesis 18:20, Exodus 23:29, Deuteronomy 7:7, 1 Samuel 25:10, Job 35:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7231; TAHOT Psalms 38:19 word 4

שֹׂנְאַ֣יso.ne.'Ai[those who] hate me

Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to hate

Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Psalms 38:19 word 5

שָֽׁקֶר\׃Sha.kerfalsehood

Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶר (she.qer) · Strong's: H8267

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: deception

Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 5:9, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:7, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 6:5, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8267; TAHOT Psalms 38:19 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Many are my enemies	→	אֹיֵב H0341 enemy
without cause	→	חַי H2416A alive
. . .	→	עָצֹם H6105A be vast
and many	→	רָבַב H7231 to multiply
hate me	→	שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate
without reason	→	שֶׁ֫קֶר H8267 deception

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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