Psalms 58:4 Go deeper

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; (KJV)

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חֲמַת\־cha.mat-venom

Lemma: חֵמָה (che.mah) · Strong's: H2534

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

Meaning: rage

Used 125 times. Also: Genesis 27:44, Leviticus 26:28, Numbers 25:11, Deuteronomy 9:19, Deuteronomy 29:23, Deuteronomy 29:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2534; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 1

כִּדְמ֥וּתkid.Mut[is] like [the] likeness of

Lemma: דְּמוּת (de.mut) · Strong's: H1823

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

Meaning: likeness

Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:3, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Chronicles 4:3, Isaiah 13:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1823; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 2

חֲמַת\־cha.mat-[the] venom of

Lemma: חֵמָה (che.mah) · Strong's: H2534

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

Meaning: rage

Used 125 times. Also: Genesis 27:44, Leviticus 26:28, Numbers 25:11, Deuteronomy 9:19, Deuteronomy 29:23, Deuteronomy 29:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2534; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 3

נָחָ֑שׁna.Chasha snake

Lemma: נָחָשׁ (na.chash) · Strong's: H5175

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

Meaning: serpent

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 49:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5175; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 4

כְּמוֹ\־ke.mov-like

Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: like

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 5

פֶ֥תֶןFe.tena cobra

Lemma: פֶּ֫תֶן (pe.ten) · Strong's: H6620

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

Meaning: cobra

Used 6 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:33, Job 20:14, Job 20:16, Psalms 91:13, Isaiah 11:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6620; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 6

חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁche.Reshdeaf

Lemma: חֵרֵשׁ (che.resh) · Strong's: H2795

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

Meaning: deaf

Used 9 times. Also: Exodus 4:11, Leviticus 19:14, Psalms 38:13, Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 35:5, Isaiah 42:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2795; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 7

יַאְטֵ֥םya'.Tem[which] it shuts

Lemma: אָטַם (a.tam) · Strong's: H0331

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to shutter

Used 8 times. Also: 1 Kings 6:4, Proverbs 17:28, Proverbs 21:13, Isaiah 33:15, Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 41:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0331; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 8

אָזְנֽוֹ\׃'a.ze.Noear its

Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241G

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

Meaning: ear

Used 119 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 29:20, Exodus 32:2, Exodus 32:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0241G; TAHOT Psalms 58:4 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Their venom	→	חֵמָה H2534 rage
[is] like	→	דְּמוּת H1823 likeness
the venom	→	חֵמָה H2534 rage
of a snake	→	נָחָשׁ H5175 serpent
like	→	כְּמוֹ H3644G like
a cobra	→	פֶּ֫תֶן H6620 cobra
that shuts	→	חֵרֵשׁ H2795 deaf
. . .	→	אָטַם H0331 to shutter
its ears	→	אֹ֫זֶן H0241G ear

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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