Psalm 58:7
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
צָרַף
tsâraph
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
תָּמִיד
tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular...
דָּרַךְ
dârak
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
קֶשֶׁת
qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
יָרָה
yârâh
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by ai...
חֵץ
chêts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּרַךְ dârak
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
Study H1869 →יָרָה yârâh
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
Study H3384 →חֵץ chêts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
Study H2671 →תָּמִיד tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
Study H8548 →קֶשֶׁת qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
Study H7198 →Cross References
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and...
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
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