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Psalms 140:3 Interlinear

“They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent poison adders is under their lips Selah”

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Psalms 140 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ	H8150	They have sharpened	to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
2	לְשׁוֹנָם֮	H3956	their tongues	the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
3	כְּֽמוֹ	H3644		as, thus, so
4	נָ֫חָ֥שׁ	H5175	like a serpent	a snake (from its hiss)
5	חֲמַ֥ת	H2534	poison	heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
6	עַכְשׁ֑וּב	H5919	adders	an asp (from lurking coiled up)
7	תַּ֖חַת	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
8	שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ	H8193	is under their lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
9	סֶֽלָה׃	H5542	Selah	suspension (of music), i.e., pause

Psalms 140:3 (current)They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent poison adders is under their lips Selah