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Psalms 36 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 14 cross-references, 2 Early-Church citations.
Cross-references in Psalms 36 (14)
- v.9 John 8:12
- v.8 Psalms 16:11
- v.8 Psalms 65:4
- v.8 Isaiah 58:11
- v.8 Jeremiah 31:12-14
- v.8 Psalms 63:5
- v.8 Isaiah 25:6
- v.9 John 4:14
- v.8 Matthew 5:6
- v.9 1 John 1:7
- v.8 Isaiah 48:21
- v.8 Psalms 46:4
- v.8 Job 20:17
- v.9 John 4:10
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 36:1–12 (96 words)
1
- נְאֻֽםnĕʾumn'um: an oracleH5002
- פֶּ֣שַׁעpešaʿpesha`: a revolt (national, moral or religious)H6588
- לָ֭רָשָׁעlārāšoʿrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
- בְּקֶ֣רֶבbĕqerebqereb: (properly) the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with...H7130
- לִבִּ֑יlibbîleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
- אֵֽיןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
- פַּ֥חַדpaḥadpachad: a (sudden) alarm; (properly) the object fearedH6343
- אֱ֝לֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- לְנֶ֣גֶדlĕnegedneged: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mateH5048
- עֵינָֽיו׃ʿênāyw`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
2
- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- הֶחֱלִ֣יקheḥĕlîqchalaq: to be smooth (figuratively); (by implication) (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separateH2505
- אֵלָ֣יוʾēlāywel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- בְּעֵינָ֑יוbĕʿênāyw`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
- לִמְצֹ֖אlimṣōʾmatsa': (properly) to come forth to, i.e. appear or existH4672
- עֲוֹנ֣וֹʿăwōnô`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
- לִשְׂנֹֽא׃liśnōʾsane': to hate (personally)H8130
3
- דִּבְרֵיdibrêdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- פִ֭יוpîwpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
- אָ֣וֶןʾāwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
- וּמִרְמָ֑הûmirmâmirmah: fraudH4820
- חָדַ֖לḥādalchadal: (properly) to be flabby; (by implication) desistH2308
- לְהַשְׂכִּ֣ילlĕhaśkîlsakal: to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919
- לְהֵיטִֽיב׃lĕhêṭîbyatab: to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)H3190
4
- אָ֤וֶן׀ʾāwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
- יַחְשֹׁ֗בyaḥšōbchashab: (properly) to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricateH2803
- עַֽלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- מִשְׁכָּ֫ב֥וֹmiškābômishkab: a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleepH4904
- יִ֭תְיַצֵּבyityaṣṣēbyatsab: to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continueH3320
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- דֶּ֣רֶךְderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
- לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ט֑וֹבṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
- רָ֝֗עrāʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
- לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- יִמְאָֽס׃yimʾāsma'ac: to spurn; (intransitively) to disappearH3988
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- יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- בְּהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםbĕhaššāmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
- חַסְדֶּ֑ךָḥasdekācheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ʾĕmûnotkāemuwnah: literally firmness; figuratively securityH530
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- שְׁחָקִֽים׃šĕḥāqîmshachaq: a powder (as beaten small); by extension, the firmamentH7834
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- צִדְקָֽתְךָ֙׀ṣidqātĕkātsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
- כְּֽהַרְרֵיkĕharrêharar: a mountainH2042
- אֵ֗לʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
- מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָmišpāṭêkāmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
- תְּה֣וֹםtĕhômthowm: an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)H8415
- רַבָּ֑הrabbârab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- אָ֤דָֽםʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
- וּבְהֵמָ֖הûbĕhēmâbhemah: (properly) a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)H929
- תוֹשִׁ֣יעַtôšîaʿyasha`: (properly) to be open, wide or free; (by implication) to be safeH3467
- יְהוָֽה׃yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
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- מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- יָּקָ֥רyāqāryaqar: valuableH3368
- חַסְדְּךָ֗ḥasdĕkācheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- אֱלֹ֫הִ֥יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- וּבְנֵ֥יûbĕnêben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- אָדָ֑םʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
- בְּצֵ֥לbĕṣēltsel: shade, whether literal or figurativeH6738
- כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָkĕnāpêkākanaph: an edge or extremityH3671
- יֶחֱסָיֽוּן׃yeḥĕsāywwnchacah: to flee for protection; (figuratively) to confide inH2620
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- יִ֭רְוְיֻןyirwĕyunravah: to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)H7301
- מִדֶּ֣שֶׁןmiddešendeshen: the fat; abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundanceH1880
- בֵּיתֶ֑ךָbêtekābayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
- וְנַ֖חַלwĕnaḥalnachal: a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs)H5158
- עֲדָנֶ֣יךָʿădānêkā`eden: pleasureH5730
- תַשְׁקֵֽם׃tašqēmshaqah: to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion toH8248
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- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- עִ֭מְּךָʿimmĕkā`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
- מְק֣וֹרmĕqôrmaqowr: (properly) something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowingH4726
- חַיִּ֑יםḥayyîmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
- בְּ֝אוֹרְךָ֗bĕʾôrĕkāowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
- נִרְאֶהnirʾera'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
- אֽוֹר׃ʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
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- מְשֹׁ֣ךְmĕšōkmashak: to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march...H4900
- חַ֭סְדְּךָḥasdĕkācheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- לְיֹדְעֶ֑יךָlĕyōdĕʿêkāyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
- וְ֝צִדְקָֽתְךָ֗wĕṣidqātĕkātsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
- לְיִשְׁרֵיlĕyišrêyashar: straightH3477
- לֵֽב׃lēbleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
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- אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
- תְּ֭בוֹאֵנִיtĕbôʾēnîbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
- רֶ֣גֶלregelregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
- גַּאֲוָ֑הgaʾăwâga`avah: arrogance or majesty; (by implication, concretely) ornamentH1346
- וְיַדwĕyadyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
- רְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
- אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
- תְּנִדֵֽנִי׃tĕnidēnînuwd: to nod, i.e. waver; (figuratively) to wander, flee, disappearH5110
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- שָׁ֣םšāmsham: there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thenceH8033
- נָ֭פְלוּnāpĕlûnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
- פֹּ֣עֲלֵיpōʿălêpa`al: to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practiseH6466
- אָ֑וֶןʾāwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
- דֹּ֝ח֗וּdōḥûdachah: to push downH1760
- וְלֹאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- יָ֥כְלוּyākĕlûyakol: to be able; (literally) can, couldH3201
- קֽוּם׃qûmquwm: to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)H6965
Strong's words in Psalms 36 (6)
- Strong's H205 — אָ֣וֶן (ʾāwen)
- aven (aw-ven') n-m. 1. (strictly) nothingness 2. (also) trouble, vanity, wickedness 3. (specifically) an idol [from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)] KJV: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare: H369. Appears 3 times in Psalms 36.
- Strong's H2617 — חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ (ḥasdekā)
- checed (kheh'-sed) n-m. 1. kindness 2. (by implication, towards God) piety 3. (by opposition, rarely) reproof 4. (subjectively) beauty [from H2616] KJV: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing. Root(s): H2616. Appears 3 times in Psalms 36.
- Strong's H120 — אָ֤דָֽם (ʾādām)
- adam (aw-dawm') n-m. 1. ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) [from H119] KJV: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person. Root(s): H119. Appears 2 times in Psalms 36.
- Strong's H216 — בְּ֝אוֹרְךָ֗ (bĕʾôrĕkā)
- owr (ore) n-f. 1. illumination 2. (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) [from H215] KJV: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun. Root(s): H215. Appears 2 times in Psalms 36.
- Strong's H3068 — יְ֭הוָה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 2 times in Psalms 36.
- Strong's H3820 — לִבִּ֑י (libbî)
- leb (labe) n-m. 1. the heart 2. also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect 3. likewise for the centre of anything [a form of H3824] KJV: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom. Root(s): H3824. Appears 2 times in Psalms 36.
“Such then is the meaning of the saying, “In your light shall we see light”; that is, in your word and your wisdom, which is your Son, in him shall we see you, the Father.”
What the Early Church wrote about Psalms 36 (1)
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“Human beings, being ignorant of the judgments of God, which are “a great abyss,” are accustomed to complain against God and to say, Why do unjust people and unjust robbers and impious and wicked ones suffer nothing adverse in this life but everything yields prosperity to them,...”