Psalms 11:2
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.”
קֶשֶׁת
Bow, rainbow. Qesheth. I set my bow in the cloud as a sign of the covenant. The warrior's bow laid down. God promises never to destroy the earth again.
כּוּן
they have prepared
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כּוּן
To be firm, to be established, to be ready. Kun. God establishes what He builds. He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion.
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הִנֵּה
there!
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הִנֵּה
Behold, look, see. Hinneh. The word used to get attention. Behold I stand at the door and knock. God is always trying to get our attention.
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לֵב
heart
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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יֶתֶר
the string
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יֶתֶר
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
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חֵץ
arrow/ their
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חֵץ
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
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דָּרַךְ
they bend/ !
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דָּרַךְ
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
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