Psalm 141:7
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
קָצַץ
qâtsats
to chop off (literally or figuratively)
דָּבַק
dâbaq
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּבַק dâbaq
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Study H1692 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
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