Psalms 68:23

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Psalms 68:23


← Psalms 68:22 Psalms 68:23 (KJV) Psalms 68:24 →
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That thy footH7272 may be dippedH4272 in the bloodH1818 of thine enemiesH341, and the tongueH3956 of thy dogsH3611 in the same.


Original Hebrew

לְמַעַן ׀ תִּמְחַץ רַגְלְךָ בְּדָם לְשֹׁון כְּלָבֶיךָ מֵאֹיְבִים מִנֵּהוּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
לְמַ֤עַן
le.Ma.'an H4616 HR so that
תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ
tim.Chatz H4272 HVqi3fs it may smash
רַגְלְ/ךָ֗
rag.le./Kha H7272 HNcfsc/Sp2ms foot/ your
בְּ֫/דָ֥ם
be./Dam H1818 HR/Ncmsa in/ blood
לְשׁ֥וֹן
le.Shon H3956 HNcbsc (the) tongue of
כְּלָבֶ֑י/ךָ
ke.la.Vei./kha H3611 HNcmpc/Sp2ms dogs/ your
מֵ/אֹיְבִ֥ים
me./'o.ye.Vim H341 HR/Vqrmpa (will be) from/ (the) enemies
מִנֵּֽ/הוּ
mi.Ne./hu H4480 HNcmsc/Sp3ms portion/ its
Strong's References
  • H341 — אֹיֵב (ʼôyêb, o-yabe'): or (fully) אוֹיֵב (ʼôwyêb); active participle of אָיַב (ʼâyab) H340; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe.
  • H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (dâmam) H1826 (compare אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
  • H3611 — כֶּלֶב (keleb, keh'-leb): from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute; dog.
  • 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.
  • H4272 — מָחַץ (mâchats, maw-khats'): a primitive root; to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy; dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
  • H7272 — רֶגֶל (regel, reh'-gel): from רָגַל (râgal) H7270; a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda; [idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.

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

  • H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי (minnîy); or מִנֵּי (minnêy); (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן (mên) H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
  • H4616 — מַעַן (maʻan, mah'-an): from עָנָה (ʻânâh) H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that; because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.
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Reciprocal references (2): Deuteronomy 32:42, Esther 8:13

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