Hebrew Interlinear

Psalms 40:14 Interlinear

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּH954Let them be ashamedproperly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
2וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀H2659and confoundedto blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
3יַחַד֮H3162togetherproperly, a unit, i.e., (adverb) unitedly
4מְבַקְשֵׁ֥יH1245that seekto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
5נַפְשִׁ֗יH5315after my soulproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
6לִסְפּ֫וֹתָ֥הּH5595to destroyproperly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e., to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e., to scatter, remove, or r
7יִסֹּ֣גוּH5472it let them be drivenproperly, to flinch, i.e., (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
8אָ֭חוֹרH268backwardthe hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
9וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּH3637and put to shameproperly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
10חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗יH2655that wishpleased with
11רָעָתִֽי׃H7451me evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Verse Context

Psalms 40:13Be pleased O LORD to deliver O LORD to help make haste...
Psalms 40:14 (current)Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil
Psalms 40:15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say ...

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