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Psalms 58:8 Interlinear

“ 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”

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Psalms 58 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כְּמ֣וֹ	H3644		as, thus, so
2	שַׁ֭בְּלוּל	H7642	As a snail	a snail (as if floating in its own slime)
3	תֶּ֣מֶס	H8557	which melteth	liquefaction, i.e., disappearance
4	יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ	H1980	let every one of them pass away	to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
5	נֵ֥פֶל	H5309	like the untimely birth	something fallen, i.e., an abortion
6	אֵ֝֗שֶׁת	H802	of a woman	a woman
7	בַּל	H1077		properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
8	חָ֥זוּ	H2372	that they may not see	to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
9	שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃	H8121	the sun	the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement

Psalms 58:8 (current) 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