בַּסַּ֨ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּסַּ֨ד

   ba-SAD

   in the stock or fetter
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בַּסַּ֨ד רַגְלַ֗י

   ba-SAD rag-LAI

   in the stock or fetter my feet
3. clause🔊 וְתָ֘שֵׂ֤ם בַּסַּ֨ד רַגְלַ֗י וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר כָּל־אָרְחוֹתָ֑י

   ve-ta-SEM ba-SAD rag-LAI ve-tish-MOR kol-OR-kho-TAI

   and you set or place in the stock or fetter my feet and you keep watch or guard all my paths
4. sentence🔊 וְתָ֘שֵׂ֤ם בַּסַּ֨ד רַגְלַ֗י וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר כָּל־אָרְחוֹתָ֑י עַל־שָׁרְשֵׁ֥י רַ֝גְלַ֗י תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃

   ve-ta-SEM ba-SAD rag-LAI ve-tish-MOR kol-OR-kho-TAI al-shor-SHE rag-LAI tit-khak-KE

   and you set or place in the stock or fetter my feet and you keep watch or guard all my paths upon the roots of my feet you mark out or inscribe

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase basad {בַּסַּד | bas-sād} “in the stocks” precedes raglay {רַגְלַי | raglay} “my feet,” intensifying the image of confinement by foregrounding the instrument.

Root and etymology

“to bind, restrain”