King James Version
Psalms 22:13 in the King James Version says “They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. gaped: Heb. opened their mouths against me” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. gaped: Heb. opened their mouths against me”
Psalms 22:13 · KJV
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. none: Heb. not a helper
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. gaped: Heb. opened their mouths against me
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. out of: or, sundered
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon me with their mouths”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“as a ravening”
H2963to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
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