Psalm 21:11:4Ps.21.11.W4TABWLC Psalms 21:12
חָֽשְׁב֥וּ
khashevu
“they planned”
- Transliteration
- KHA-she-VU
- Extended
- KHAA-sheh-VOO
- IPA
- /ħaːʃəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they planned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
KHA-she-VU
- phraseyour reading level
KHA-she-VU me-zim-MA
- clause
KHA-she-VU me-zim-MA BAL-yu-kha-LU
- sentence
KI-NA-tu a-LE-kha ra-A KHA-she-VU me-zim-MA BAL-yu-kha-LU
Exegesis
The perfect verbs natu {נָטוּ | nā-ṭû} ‘they inclined’ and chashavū {חָשְׁבוּ | ḥāšə-ḇû} ‘they devised’ form a pair of hostile actions.
In context — Psalm 21:11
For they have inclined evil against you and devised a scheme , yet they are not able to accomplish it.
About this coordinate
Psalm 21:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 21:11, so the Hebrew word חָֽשְׁב֥וּ (khashevu) 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.21.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.21.11.W4.S1) and character.