Psalm 18:27:2Ps.18.27.W2TABWLC Psalms 18:28
וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃
veeinayim ramot tashpil
“but haughty eyes you bring down”
- Transliteration
- ve-EI-na-yim ra-MOT tash-PIL
- Extended
- veh-EI-na-yim ra-MOOT tash-PEEL
- IPA
- /və.ʕeː.naˈjim raˈmoːt taʃˈpiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- but haughty eyes you bring down
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-EI-na-yim ra-MOT tash-PIL
- sentence
KI-AT-ta AM-a-NI to-SHI-a ve-EI-na-yim ra-MOT tash-PIL
Exegesis
The paired Hifil imperfect verbs tôšîaʿ {תוֹשִׁיעַ | tôšîʿa} ‘you save’ and tašpîl {תַּשְׁפִּיל | tašpîl} ‘you bring low’ form chiastic parallelism illustrating reversal: salvation for the lowly and humiliation for the proud.
The imagery of rāmôt {רָמוֹת | rāmôt} ‘lofty eyes’ conveys arrogance, and its juxtaposition with the afflicted underscores the psalm’s theme of divine justice.
Root and etymology
ר־ו־ם
“to be high, exalted”
In context — Psalm 18:27
For You save the afflicted , but You bring down the proud gaze.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 18:27, so the Hebrew word וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃ (veeinayim ramot tashpil) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ps.18.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.27.W2.S1) and character.