Psalms 7:15 Go deeper

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. (KJV)

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בּ֣וֹרBora pit

Lemma: בּוֹר (bor) · Strong's: H0953A

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

Meaning: pit

Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 40:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0953A; TAHOT Psalms 7:15 word 1

כָּ֭רָֽהKa.rahhe digs

Lemma: כָּרָה (ka.rah) · Strong's: H3738B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to pierce

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 26:25, Genesis 50:5, Exodus 21:33, Numbers 21:18, 2 Chronicles 16:14, Psalms 40:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3738B; TAHOT Psalms 7:15 word 2

וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּvai.yach.pe.Re.huand he has dug it

Lemma: חָפַר (cha.phar) · Strong's: H2658

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to search

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 21:30, Genesis 26:15, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 26:19, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2658; TAHOT Psalms 7:15 word 3

וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗לvai.yi.Poland he has fallen

Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to fall: fall

Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Psalms 7:15 word 4

בְּשַׁ֣חַתbe.Sha.chatin [the] pit

Lemma: שַׁ֫חַת (sha.chat) · Strong's: H7845H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: pit: grave

Used 10 times. Also: Job 9:31, Job 17:14, Job 33:22, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 35:7, Psalms 94:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7845H; TAHOT Psalms 7:15 word 5

יִפְעָֽל\׃yif.'Al[which] he made

Lemma: פָּעַל (pa.al) · Strong's: H6466

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

Meaning: to work

Used 57 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 32:27, Job 7:20, Job 11:8, Job 22:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6466; TAHOT Psalms 7:15 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

He has dug	→	כָּרָה H3738B to pierce
a hole	→	בּוֹר H0953A pit
and hollowed it out	→	חָפַר H2658 to search
he has fallen	→	נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall
into a pit	→	שַׁ֫חַת H7845H pit: grave
of his own making	→	פָּעַל H6466 to work

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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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