Psalms 54:5 Go deeper

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

הָ֭רַעHa.ra'the evil

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Psalms 54:5 word 1

לְשֹׁרְרָ֑יle.sho.re.Raito enemies my

Lemma: שׁוֹרֵר (sha.rar) · Strong's: H8324

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: enemy

Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 5:8, Psalms 27:11, Psalms 56:2, Psalms 59:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8324; TAHOT Psalms 54:5 word 2

בַּ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ba.'a.mi.te.khain faithfulness your

Lemma: אֱמֶת (e.met) · Strong's: H0571G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: truth: faithful

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 32:10, Genesis 47:29, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 34:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0571G; TAHOT Psalms 54:5 word 3

הַצְמִיתֵֽם\׃hatz.mi.Temdestroy them

Lemma: צָמַת (tsa.mat) · Strong's: H6789

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)

Meaning: to destroy

Used 15 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:41, Job 6:17, Job 23:17, Psalms 18:40, Psalms 69:4, Psalms 73:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6789; TAHOT Psalms 54:5 word 4

How the BSB renders it

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

He will reward	→	H7725
my enemies	→	שׁוֹרֵר H8324 enemy
with evil	→	רַע H7451B bad: evil
In Your faithfulness	→	אֱמֶת H0571G truth: faithful
destroy them	→	צָמַת H6789 to destroy

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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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