Psalm 18:40:5Ps.18.40.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:41
וּֽמְשַׂנְאַ֥י
umesaneai
“and those who hate me”
- Transliteration
- u-me-sa-ne-AI
- Extended
- oo-meh-sah-neh-AI
- IPA
- /u.məsa.nəˈʔaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and those who hate me
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-sa-ne-AI
- sentence
ve-OY-vaI na-TA-ta le-O-ref LI u-me-sa-ne-AI ats-mi-TEM
Exegesis
A parallel clause with u-mesane’ai {וּמְשַנְאַי | û-mə-śan-ʾái}, “those who hate me,” is governed by hitsmitem {הִצְמִיתָם | hiṣ-mî-ṯām}, “You have destroyed them,” emphasizing utter destruction. The paratactic and chiastic arrangement highlights the paired actions of granting submission and executing destruction, preserved in English through coordinated clauses.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–nun–aleph
“to hate”
In context — Psalm 18:40
And You gave me the neck of my enemies, and You destroyed those who hated me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:40, so the Hebrew word וּֽמְשַׂנְאַ֥י (umesaneai) 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.18.40.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.40.W5.S1) and character.