Psalm 58:8
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׁבְלוּל
shablûwl
a snail (as if floating in its own slime)
מָסַס
mâçaç
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
נֶפֶל
nephel
something fallen, i.e. an abortion
נֶפֶל
nephel
something fallen, i.e. an abortion
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Key Terms in This Verse
מָסַס mâçaç
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
Study H4549 →שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Study H8121 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →Cross References
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is ...
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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