Psalm 109:18

Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones."

Word-by-Word Analysis

As he

לָבַשׁ

lâbash

H3847

properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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with

אָלָה

ʼâlâh

H423

an imprecation

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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as with his

בֶּגֶד

beged

H899

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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so

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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it

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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into his

מֵעֶה

mêʻeh

H4578

used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uteru...

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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and

דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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שֶׁמֶן

shemen

H8081

grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

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into his

עֶצֶם

ʻetsem

H6106

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

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Key Terms in This Verse

cursing H423

אָלָה ʼâlâh

an imprecation

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bowels H4578

מֵעֶה mêʻeh

used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (...

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clothed H3847

לָבַשׁ lâbash

properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

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garment H899

בֶּגֶד beged

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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bones H6106

עֶצֶם ʻetsem

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

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oil H8081

שֶׁמֶן shemen

grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

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water H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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himself H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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Cross References

Psalm 73:6 cross-reference

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Numbers 5:22 cross-reference

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Colossians 3:12 cross-reference

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Matthew 26:24 cross-reference

The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

Acts 1:18 cross-reference

Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Numbers 5:27 cross-reference

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into he...

Job 29:14 cross-reference

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

1 Peter 5:5 cross-reference

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Acts 1:25 cross-reference

That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

Colossians 3:8 cross-reference

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

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