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For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkifor
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 55:12 word 1
לֹֽא\־lo'-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 55:12 word 2
אוֹיֵ֥ב'o.Yevan enemy
Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
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 55:12 word 3
יְחָֽרְפֵ֗נִיye.cha.re.Fe.nihe taunts me
Lemma: חָרַף (cha.raph) · Strong's: H2778A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to taunt
Used 39 times. Also: Judges 5:18, Judges 8:15, 1 Samuel 17:10, 1 Samuel 17:25, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2778A; TAHOT Psalms 55:12 word 4
וְאֶ֫שָּׂ֥אve.'E.Sa'and I may endure
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Psalms 55:12 word 5
לֹֽא\־lo'-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 55:12 word 6
מְ֭שַׂנְאִיMe.san.'i[one who] hates me
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVprmsc)
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 55:12 word 7
עָלַ֣י'a.Laion me
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
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 55:12 word 8
הִגְדִּ֑ילhig.Dilhe magnified himself
Lemma: גָּדַל (ga.dal) · Strong's: H1431
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to magnify
Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 24:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1431; TAHOT Psalms 55:12 word 9
וְאֶסָּתֵ֥רve.'e.sa.Terthen I may hide myself
Lemma: סָתַר (sa.tar) · Strong's: H5641
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNu1cs)
Meaning: to hide
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 4:14, Genesis 31:49, Exodus 3:6, Numbers 5:13, Deuteronomy 7:20, Deuteronomy 29:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5641; TAHOT Psalms 55:12 word 10
מִמֶּֽנּוּ\׃mi.Me.nufrom him
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Psalms 55:12 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| it is not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| an enemy | → | אֹיֵב H0341 enemy |
| who insults me | → | חָרַף H2778A to taunt |
| that I could endure | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| It is not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| a foe | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| who rises | → | גָּדַל H1431 to magnify |
| against me | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| from him | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| I could hide | → | סָתַר H5641 to hide |
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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