Psalm 3:7

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly."

Word-by-Word Analysis

קוּם

qûwm

H6965

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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O

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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יָשַׁע

yâshaʻ

H3467

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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me O my

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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for thou hast

נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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אֲנִי

ʼănîy

H589

I

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אֹיֵב

ʼôyêb

H341

hating; an adversary

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upon the

לְחִי

lᵉchîy

H3895

the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

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עֶצֶם

ʻetsem

H6106

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

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thou hast

שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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the

שֵׁן

shên

H8127

a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff

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of the

רָשָׁע

râshâʻ

H7563

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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Key Terms in This Verse

cheek H3895

לְחִי lᵉchîy

the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

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bone H6106

עֶצֶם ʻetsem

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

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ungodly H7563

רָשָׁע râshâʻ

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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teeth H8127

שֵׁן shên

a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff

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smitten H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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Arise H6965

קוּם qûwm

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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broken H7665

שָׁבַר shâbar

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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save H3467

יָשַׁע yâshaʻ

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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enemies H341

אֹיֵב ʼôyêb

hating; an adversary

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mine H589

אֲנִי ʼănîy

I

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Cross References

Psalm 58:6 cross-reference

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Job 29:17 cross-reference

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

Job 16:10 cross-reference

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Psalm 10:12 cross-reference

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

Psalm 59:5 cross-reference

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

Psalm 6:4 cross-reference

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

Lamentations 3:30 cross-reference

He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

Psalm 12:5 cross-reference

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

Psalm 44:23 cross-reference

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

Psalm 35:23 cross-reference

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Psalm 74:11 cross-reference

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

Psalm 76:9 cross-reference

When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

Psalm 7:6 cross-reference

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

Isaiah 51:9 cross-reference

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Habakkuk 2:19 cross-reference

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

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