Psalms 58:8 Go deeper

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As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

כְּמ֣וֹke.Molike

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 58:8 word 1

שַׁ֭בְּלוּלShe.be.lula snail

Lemma: שַׁבְּלוּל (shav.lul) · Strong's: H7642

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

Meaning: snail

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7642; TAHOT Psalms 58:8 word 2

תֶּ֣מֶסTe.mes[which] melting away

Lemma: תֶּ֫מֶס (te.mes) · Strong's: H8557

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

Meaning: melting

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8557; TAHOT Psalms 58:8 word 3

יַהֲלֹ֑ךְya.ha.Lokhit goes

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980L

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

Meaning: to go: continue

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 8:3, Genesis 12:9, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 25:32, Genesis 26:13, Genesis 42:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980L; TAHOT Psalms 58:8 word 4

נֵ֥פֶלNe.fela miscarriage of

Lemma: נֵ֫פֶל (ne.phel) · Strong's: H5309

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

Meaning: miscarriage

Used 3 times. Also: Job 3:16, Ecclesiastes 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5309; TAHOT Psalms 58:8 word 5

אֵ֝֗שֶׁת'E.sheta woman

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G

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

Meaning: woman

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Psalms 58:8 word 6

בַּל\־bal-<of> [which] not

Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Psalms 58:8 word 7

חָ֥זוּCha.zuthey have seen

Lemma: חָזָה (cha.zah) · Strong's: H2372

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to see

Used 55 times. Also: Exodus 18:21, Exodus 24:11, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16, Job 8:17, Job 15:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2372; TAHOT Psalms 58:8 word 8

שָֽׁמֶשׁ\׃Sha.mesh[the] sun

Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: sun

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Psalms 58:8 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Like	→	כְּמוֹ H3644G like
a slug	→	שַׁבְּלוּל H7642 snail
that dissolves	→	הָלַךְ H1980L to go: continue
in its slime	→	תֶּ֫מֶס H8557 melting
like a woman’s	→	אִשָּׁה H0802G woman
stillborn child	→	נֵ֫פֶל H5309 miscarriage
may they never	→	בַּל H1077 not
see	→	חָזָה H2372 to see
the sun	→	שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun

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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