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There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. (KJV)
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שָׁ֤ם\׀shamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 1
פָּֽחֲדוּ\־pa.cha.du-they feared
Lemma: פָּחַד (pa.chad) · Strong's: H6342
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to dread
Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 28:66, Deuteronomy 28:67, Job 3:25, Job 4:14, Job 23:15, Psalms 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6342; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 2
פַחַד֮fa.Chada fear
Lemma: פַּ֫חַד (pa.chad) · Strong's: H6343
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dread
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 15:16, Deuteronomy 2:25, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 28:67 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6343; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 3
לֹא\־lo'-[which] 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 53:5 word 4
הָ֪יָה֫ha.yahit was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 5
פָ֥חַדFa.chadfear
Lemma: פַּ֫חַד (pa.chad) · Strong's: H6343
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dread
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 15:16, Deuteronomy 2:25, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 28:67 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6343; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 6
כִּֽי\־ki-for
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 53:5 word 7
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 8
פִּ֭זַּרPi.zarhe has scattered
Lemma: פָּזַר (pa.zar) · Strong's: H6340
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to scatter
Used 10 times. Also: Esther 3:8, Psalms 89:10, Psalms 112:9, Psalms 141:7, Psalms 147:16, Proverbs 11:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6340; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 9
עַצְמ֣וֹתatz.Mot[the] bones of
Lemma: עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) · Strong's: H6106G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: bone
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 29:14, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 13:19, Numbers 9:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6106G; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 10
חֹנָ֑ךְcho.Nakh[one who] encamped against you
Lemma: חָנָה (cha.nah) · Strong's: H2583
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to camp
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 26:17, Genesis 33:18, Exodus 13:20, Exodus 14:2, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 15:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2583; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 11
הֱ֝בִשֹׁ֗תָהhe.vi.Sho.tahyou have put [them] to shame
Lemma: בּוֹשׁ (bush) · Strong's: H0954
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhp2ms)
Meaning: be ashamed
Used 126 times. Also: Genesis 2:25, Exodus 32:1, Judges 3:25, Judges 5:28, 2 Samuel 19:5, 2 Kings 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0954; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 12
כִּֽי\־ki-for
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 53:5 word 13
אֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 14
מְאָסָֽם\׃me.'a.Samhe has rejected them
Lemma: מָאַס (ma.as) · Strong's: H3988A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to reject
Used 74 times. Also: Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:43, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 11:20, Numbers 14:31, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3988A; TAHOT Psalms 53:5 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| There they are | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| overwhelmed | → | פָּחַד H6342 to dread |
| with dread | → | פַּ֫חַד H6343 dread |
| [where] there was | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| nothing | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| to fear | → | פַּ֫חַד H6343 dread |
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| has scattered | → | פָּזַר H6340 to scatter |
| the bones | → | עֶ֫צֶם H6106G bone |
| of those who besieged you | → | חָנָה H2583 to camp |
| You put them to shame | → | בּוֹשׁ H0954 be ashamed |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| has despised them | → | מָאַס H3988A to reject |
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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