Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,This verse in the real world
In what words
- פֶּתֶןpethenan asp (from its contortions)
- אָטַםʼâṭamto close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
- חֵרֵשׁchêrêshdeaf (whether literally or spiritual)
- דְּמוּתdᵉmûwthresemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
- נָחָשׁnâchâsha snake (from its hiss)
- חֵמָהchêmâhheat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.