Psalms 38:20 Go deeper

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is . (KJV)

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וּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣יu.me.sha.le.Meiand [those who] repay

Lemma: שָׁלֵם (sa.lem) · Strong's: H7999A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)

Meaning: to complete

Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 44:4, Exodus 21:34, Exodus 21:36, Exodus 22:1, Exodus 22:3, Exodus 22:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7999A; TAHOT Psalms 38:20 word 1

רָ֭עָהRa.'ah<of> evil

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: distress: evil

Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Psalms 38:20 word 2

תַּ֣חַתTa.chatin place of

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478H

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

Meaning: underneath: instead

Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 36:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478H; TAHOT Psalms 38:20 word 3

טוֹבָ֑הto.Vahgood

Lemma: טוֹבָה (to.vah) · Strong's: H2896C

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: welfare

Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 44:4, Genesis 50:20, Exodus 18:9, Numbers 24:13, Deuteronomy 23:6, Deuteronomy 28:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896C; TAHOT Psalms 38:20 word 4

יִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִיyis.te.Nu.nithey accuse me

Lemma: שָׂטַן (sa.tan) · Strong's: H7853

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to oppose

Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 71:13, Psalms 109:4, Psalms 109:20, Psalms 109:29, Zechariah 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7853; TAHOT Psalms 38:20 word 5

תַּ֣חַתTa.chatin place of

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478J

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

Meaning: underneath: because of

Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 21:26, Exodus 21:27, Numbers 25:13, Deuteronomy 4:37, Deuteronomy 21:14, Deuteronomy 22:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478J; TAHOT Psalms 38:20 word 6

טֽוֹב\׃Tovgood

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: pleasant

Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Psalms 38:20 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Those who repay	→	שָׁלֵם H7999A to complete
my good	→	טוֹבָה H2896C welfare
with	→	תַּחַת H8478H underneath: instead
evil	→	רָעָה H7451I distress: evil
attack me	→	שָׂטַן H7853 to oppose
for	→	תַּחַת H8478H underneath: instead
pursuing	→	רָדַף H7291 to pursue
the good	→	טוֹבָה H2896C welfare

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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