Psalms 140:3

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Psalms 140:3


← Psalms 140:2 Psalms 140:3 (KJV) Psalms 140:4 →
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

They have sharpenedH8150 their tonguesH3956 like a serpentH5175; addersH5919' poisonH2534 is under their lipsH8193. SelahH5542.


Original Hebrew

שָׁנֲנוּ לְשֹׁונָם כְּמֹו־נָחָשׁ חֲמַת עַכְשׁוּב תַּחַת שְׂפָתֵימֹו סֶלָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ
sha.na.Nu H8150 HVqp3cp they sharpen
לְשׁוֹנָ/ם֮
le.sho.Na/m H3956 HNcbsc/Sp3mp tongue/ their
כְּֽמוֹ
ke.mov- H3644 HR like
נָ֫חָ֥שׁ
na.Chash H5175 HNcmsa a snake
חֲמַ֥ת
cha.Mat H2534 HNcfsc (the) venom of
עַכְשׁ֑וּב
'akh.Shuv H5919 HNcmsa a viper
תַּ֖חַת
Ta.chat H8478 HR (is) under
שְׂפָתֵ֣י/מוֹ
se.fa.Tei./mov H8193 HNcfdc/Sp3mp lips/ their
סֶֽלָה
Se.lah H5542 HTj Selah
Strong's References
  • H2534 — חֵמָה (chêmâh, khay-maw'): or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא (chêmâʼ); from יָחַם (yâcham) H3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever); anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See חֶמְאָה (chemʼâh) H2529.
  • H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן (lâshôn); also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה (lᵉshônâh); from לָשַׁן (lâshan) H3960; 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, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
  • H5175 — נָחָשׁ (nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'): from נָחַשׁ (nâchash) H5172; a snake (from its hiss); serpent.
  • H5542 — סֶלָה (çelâh, seh'-law): from סָלָה (çâlâh) H5541; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.
  • H5919 — עַכְשׁוּב (ʻakshûwb, ak-shoob'): probably from an unused root meaning to coil; an asp (from lurking coiled up); adder.
  • H8150 — שָׁנַן (shânan, shaw-nan'): a primitive root; to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate; prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.
  • H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת (sepheth); probably from סָפָה (çâphâh) H5595 or שָׁפָה (shâphâh) H8192 through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף (çôwph) H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3644 — כְּמוֹ (kᵉmôw, kem-o'): or כָּמוֹ (kâmôw); (compare כֵּן (kên) H3651); a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so; according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.
  • H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ (Tôwach) H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.
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