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Psalms 41:5

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 41:6.

אוֹיְבַ֗יoyevayenemyאֹיֵבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.יֹאמְר֣וּyomrvsayאָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…רַ֣עrabadרַעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…לִ֑יlitoלִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toמָתַ֥יmataywhenמָתַיparticle, interrogative — “when”H4970properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)long, when.יָ֝מ֗וּתyamutdieמוּתverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “die”, an unfinished actionH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…וְאָבַ֥דveavadand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.שְׁמֽוֹshemvofameשֵׁםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fame”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(41-6) Mine enemies speak evil of me: 'When shall he die, and his name perish?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying , When will he die, and his name perish?

Young’s Literal Translation

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!

World English Bible

My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”

Darby Translation

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

Douay-Rheims

These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(41-6) Mine enemies speak evil of me: 'When shall he die, and his name perish?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying , When shall he die, and his name perish?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ ἐχθροί μου εἶπαν κακά μοι, πότε ἀποθανεῖται καὶ ἀπολεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ;