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(fig.) <BR> 1d) (various special, technical senses) <BR> 1d1) sign, monument <BR> 1d2) part, fractional part, share <BR> 1d3) time, repetition <BR> 1d4) axle-trees, axle <BR> 1d5) stays, support (for laver) <BR> 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) <BR> 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) <BR> 1d8) wrists">3027</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3027 -- Occurrence 1159 of 1617">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִ֘ידֵ֤י<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/midei_3027.htm" title="mi·Dei: the hands -- Occurrence 3 of 4.">mî-ḏê</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">from the hands</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Noun - fdc">Prep-m | N-fdc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal <BR> 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) <BR> 1b) wicked (hostile to God) <BR> 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)">7563</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7563 -- Occurrence 119 of 262">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">רָשָׁ֗ע<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/rasha_7563.htm" title="ra·Sha',: of the wicked -- Occurrence 29 of 75.">rā-šā‘,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of the wicked</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Adjective - masculine singular">Adj-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man <BR> 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) <BR> 1b) husband <BR> 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) <BR> 1d) servant <BR> 1e) mankind <BR> 1f) champion <BR> 1g) great man <BR> 2) whosoever <BR> 3) each (adjective)">376</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 376 -- Occurrence 1535 of 2006">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מֵאִ֣ישׁ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/meish_376.htm" title="me·'Ish: men -- Occurrence 12 of 18.">mê-’îš</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">from men</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Noun - masculine singular construct">Prep-m | N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2555: 1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice">2555</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2555 -- Occurrence 25 of 60">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">חֲמָסִ֣ים<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chamasim_2555.htm" title="cha·ma·Sim: violent -- Occurrence 3 of 4.">ḥă-mā-sîm</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">violent</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural">N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5341.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5341: 1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to watch, guard, keep <BR> 1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers <BR> 1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity <BR> 1a4) to guard, keep secret <BR> 1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded <BR> 1a6) watchman (participle)">5341</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5341.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5341 -- Occurrence 30 of 61">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tintzereni_5341.htm" title="tin·tze·Re·ni;: Preserve -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">tin-ṣə-rê-nî;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Preserve me</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular :: first person common singular">V-Qal-Imperf-2ms | 1cs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) <BR> 1a) which, who <BR> 1b) that which <BR> 2) (conj) <BR> 2a) that (in obj clause) <BR> 2b) when <BR> 2c) since <BR> 2d) as <BR> 2e) conditional if">834</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 834 -- Occurrence 4215 of 5502">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֲשֶׁ֥ר<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/asher_834.htm" title="'a·Sher: Who -- Occurrence 3687 of 4804.">’ă-šer</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">who</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Pronoun - relative">Pro-r</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2803: 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to think, account <BR> 1a2) to plan, devise, mean <BR> 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon <BR> 1a4) to esteem, value, regard <BR> 1a5) to invent <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed <BR> 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned <BR> 1b3) to be imputed <BR> 1c) (Piel) <BR> 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of <BR> 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan <BR> 1c3) to count, reckon <BR> 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered">2803</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2803 -- Occurrence 77 of 124">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chashevu_2803.htm" title="cha·she·Vu,: have purposed -- Occurrence 3 of 6.">ḥā-šə-ḇū,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">have purposed</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural">V-Qal-Perf-3cp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1760.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1760: 1) to push, thrust, chase, overflow, totter, sore, drive away or out, be outcast, be cast down <BR> 1a) (Qal) to push, push violently <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be thrust down, be cast down <BR> 1c) (Pual) to be thrust down">1760</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1760.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1760 -- Occurrence 6 of 11">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לִדְח֥וֹת<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lidchot_1760.htm" title="lid·Chot: to trip -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">liḏ-ḥō-wṯ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">to make stumble</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct">Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6471: 1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence <BR> 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep <BR> 1b) anvil <BR> 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat <BR> 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another">6471</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6471.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6471 -- Occurrence 104 of 118">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">פְּעָמָֽי׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/peamai_6471.htm" title="pe·'a·Mai.: my feet -- Occurrence 3 of 4.">pə-‘ā-māy.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">my steps</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine plural construct :: first person common singular">N-fpc | 1cs</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" 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preserve">שָׁמְרֵ֤נִי</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3068.htm" title="Yah·weh: LORD -- 3068: the proper name of the God of Israel">יְהוָ֨ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3027.htm" title="mi·dei: the hands -- 3027: hand">מִ֘ידֵ֤י</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7563.htm" title="ra·sha: of the wicked -- 7563: wicked, criminal">רָשָׁ֗ע</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/376.htm" title="me·'ish: men -- 376: man">מֵאִ֣ישׁ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2555.htm" title="cha·ma·sim: violent -- 2555: violence, wrong">חֲמָסִ֣ים</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5341.htm" title="tin·tze·re·ni;: Preserve -- 5341: to watch, guard, keep">תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/834.htm" title="a·sher: Who -- 834: who, which, that">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2803.htm" title="cha·she·vu: have purposed -- 2803: to think, account">חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1760.htm" title="lid·cho·vt: to trip -- 1760: to push, thrust">לִדְחֹ֥ות</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6471.htm" title="pe·'a·mai.: my feet -- 6471: a beat, foot, anvil, occurrence">פְּעָמָֽי׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/psalms/140.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8104.htm" title="shamar (shaw-mar') -- beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe">Keep</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3068.htm" title="Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- Jehovah, the Lord">me O LORD</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3027.htm" title="yad (yawd) -- (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border">from the hands</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7563.htm" title="rasha' (raw-shaw') -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong">of the wicked</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5341.htm" title="natsar (naw-tsar') -- besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe">preserve</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2555.htm" title="chamac (khaw-mawce') -- cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done)">me from the violent</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/376.htm" title="'iysh (eesh) -- also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow">man</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2803.htm" title="chashab (khaw-shab') -- (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent">who have purposed</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1760.htm" title="dachah (daw-khaw') -- chase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, X sore, thrust, totter">to overthrow</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6471.htm" title="pa'am (pah'-am) -- anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step">my goings</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/140.htm">תהילים 140:4 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">שָׁמְרֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מִ֘ידֵ֤י רָשָׁ֗ע מֵאִ֣ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ לִדְחֹ֥ות פְּעָמָֽי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/140.htm">תהילים 140:4 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">שמרני יהוה ׀ מידי רשע מאיש חמסים תנצרני אשר חשבו לדחות פעמי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/140.htm">תהילים 140:4 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">שמרני יהוה ׀ מידי רשע מאיש חמסים תנצרני אשר חשבו לדחות פעמי׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/140.htm">תהילים 140:4 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">שמרני יהוה מידי רשע מאיש חמסים תנצרני אשר חשבו לדחות פעמי׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/140-4.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/140.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/140.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/140.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Protect me, LORD, from the clutches of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">keep me</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/17-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 17:8,9</span> Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/36-11.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 36:11</span> Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/37-32.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 37:32,33-40</span> The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/55-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 55:1-3</span> Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/71-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 71:4</span> Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand …</a></p><p class="hdg">preserve</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/140-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 140:1</span> Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;</a></p><p class="hdg">overthrow</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/17-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 17:5</span> Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/18-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 18:5</span> It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4</a> • <a href="/niv/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/psalms/140-4.htm">Psalm 140:4 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/140-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 140:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 140:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/140-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 140:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 140:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>