Hebrew Interlinear

Psalms 38:12 Interlinear

lay snares They also that seek after my life for me and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things deceits all the day and imagine

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ׀H5367lay snaresto entrap (with a noose), literally or figuratively
2מְבַקְשֵׁ֬יH1245They also that seekto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
3נַפְשִׁ֗יH5315after my lifeproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
4וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣יH1875for me and they that seekproperly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
5רָ֭עָתִיH7451my hurtbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
6דִּבְּר֣וּH1696speakperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
7הַוּ֑וֹתH1942mischievous thingsby implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
8וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹתH4820deceitsfraud
9כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
10הַיּ֥וֹםH3117all the daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
11יֶהְגּֽוּ׃H1897and imagineto murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder

Verse Context

Psalms 38:11My lovers and my friends aloof from my sore stand and my kinsmen...
Psalms 38:12 (current)lay snares They also that seek after my life for me and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things deceits all the day and imagine
Psalms 38:13 But I as a deaf man heard not and I was as a dumb man ...

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